Robert costa from the Washington Post and the moderator of Washington Week on pbs. I am pleased to have him on this program. Welcome. Let me begin with tax reform and what the senate is proposing, and how different it is from the house bill, and how significant are they . Robert they are pretty significant at this point. Robert the key challenge for republicans is whether they want this tax cut legislation to be populist in nature or not. They know they want a Corporate Tax rate come bring down the rate to 20 . At the same time, the debate between the Senate Version and the house version for republicans is about the top rate. Should top earners see a tax cut or not . That is going to be something that is going to perhaps hold up the bill in the coming weeks. Charlie what about other issues come in terms of the corporate rate . I heard they may delay the corporate reduction until 2019 . Is that still under consideration . Robert that is exactly right. That comes back to the point about
Welcome. Let me begin with tax reform and what the senate is proposing, the house bill, and how significant are they . Robert the key challenge for republicans is whether they want this tax cut legislation to be populist in nature or not. They know they want a Corporate Tax rate come bring down the rate to 20 . At the same time, the debate between the Senate Version and the house version for republicans is about the top rate. Should top earners see a tax cut or not . That will perhaps hold up the bill and coming weeks. Charlie what about other issues . They may delay the corporate reduction until 2019 . Is that still under consideration . Robert that is exactly right. That comes back to the point about populism. All these republicans were elected during the george bush and obama era and trump has disrupted their party. As they pursue this signature tax legislation, they are grappling with the idea that the base is not begging for it. Because of that feeling that the base does not want
I am pleased to have him on this program. Welcome. Let me begin with tax reform and what the senate is proposing, the house bill, and how significant are they . Robert the key challenge for republicans is whether they want this tax cut legislation to be populist in nature or not. They know they want a Corporate Tax rate come bring down the rate from 35 to around 20 . At the same time, the debate between the Senate Version and the house version for republicans is about the top rate. Should top earners see a tax cut or not . That will perhaps hold up the bill and coming weeks. Charlie what about other issues . They may delay the corporate reduction until 2019 . Is that still under consideration . Robert that is exactly right. That comes back to the point about populism. All these republicans were elected during the george bush and obama era and trump has disrupted their party. As they pursue this signature tax legislation, they are grappling with the idea that the base is not begging for
Washington post, and the moderator of Washington Week on pbs. I am pleased to have him on this program. Welcome. Let me begin with tax reform and what the senate is proposing, the house bill, and how significant are they . Robert they are pretty significant. The key challenge for republicans is whether they want this tax cut legislation to be populist in nature or not. They know they want a Corporate Tax rate, bringing down the rate from around 35 to 20 . At the same time the debate , between the Senate Version and the house version for republicans is about the top rate. Should top earners the tax cut or not. Should top earners see a tax cut or not . That will perhaps hold up the bill and coming weeks. Charlie what about other issues . They may delay the corporate reduction until 2019 . Is that still under consideration . Robert that is exactly right. That comes back to the point about populism. All these republicans were elected during the george bush and obama era and trump has disru
Before i call the meeting to order let me apologize fob being a little late i got called on a couple things coming down the hall. Were going to stand at ease thats a military term i learned a long time ago in the air force for just one minute while i talked to my trusted friend the Ranking Member and then well open the meeting. Call this meeting the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee together i apologize for being a little bit late but i wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt mess anything up. I want to welcome secretary shulkin whos had a great start. I dont think anybody started out with a better unanimous vote than he, you cant do any better than unanimous when you get affirmed. I think the vote last week on accountability was extraordinary. And the way we got to the decision working together hand in hand was extraordinary and i commend the Ranking Member on his help in doing the same. Weve got some other things to do today to Start Talking about budget wise and w