absolute incredible timeline. this will affect everyone in this country. it s going to shift money from middle class families to the rich. it s amazing and we ve been given this 20 minutes ago, 25 minutes ago. we re supposed to vote on it in a couple hours. with me now 2016 independent presidential candidate, house republican conference and kathryn, with the washington post. you worked on the hill, the house said of the hill crafting legislation. isn t this exactly what even never people such as yourself live for as a republican? not exactly. i d say what we live for used to live for as republicans is sure, lowerings t taxes where w could, fiscal responsibility and paying down the debt. what we have now, we re running in deficits, budgets running in deficits but adding to that. that s what this bill does.
true, legislation is a mess. there is lots of amendments that are stocking stuffers to fill the christmas tree. the speed, though, with which they are hammering this through really is quite unprecedented. they have to jam this thing through because the more time that this is exposed to the public, the more the public will hate it. this is the most hated piece of tax registration ever. it s more unpopular even in tax hikes than the clinton tax hikes than the george h.w. bush tax hikes. i want to reiterate that. this bill right now which are tax cuts, mostly corporations and wealthy heirs, this is less popular as a tax cut bill than tax increases under clinton and h.w. bush. right. it s a huge give away to rich people. it s basically not only saying we re not going to give goodies away to the poor and middle class, which for the record the george bush tax cuts actually did do. better job of. not only that we re not going to give things away from them but take from them to subsi
fiscal responsibility and we should eliminate our deficits and pay down debt. right now, we don t have that and what you see here is a republican party that is changing not only in its tone with donald trump and its i would say lack of decency among leaders with the president for sure but also, the policies are changing. the actual policies. i think to me it s both the policy and the way they have gone about this, which is every bit as abnormal as donald trump s tweets are. the way they are passing major legislation at this hour, it s
it s amazing and we ve been given this 20 minutes ago, 25 minutes ago. we re supposed to vote on it in a couple hours. with me now 2016 independent presidential candidate, house republican conference and kathryn, with the washington post. you worked on the hill, the house said of the hill crafting legislation. isn t this exactly what even never people such as yourself live for as a republican? not exactly. i d say what we live for used to live for as republicans is sure, lowering taxes where we could, fiscal responsibility and paying down the debt. what we have now, we re running in deficits, budgets running in deficits but adding to that. that s what this bill does. it represents a tremendous departure from what we used to stand for, fiscal responsibility. i know there are disagreements between the left and right but i think it s healthy for one party in washington to make that argument that there needs to be
courthouse after pleading guilty for lying to the fbi, mitch mcconnell was on capitol hill claiming we have the votes. he did not, however, have a bill. republicans were still jamming last-minute provisions into their massive tax package that primarily benefits corporations and the wealthy while adding a trillion dolt l trillion dollars to the national debt, at least, and delivering a body blow to obamacare. there was not one single hearing, not one on the specifics with respect to the legislation. there was not one single hearing on the health changes that the majority seeks to make that put a dagger into the heart of the affordable care act. republicans are set to try to complete their mad dash to pass the bill at any moment tonight. we don t know when. after spending today loading it with handwritten handouts to corporation and the wealthy and