and people like you who worked closely with president obama to get this agenda passed? you know, jake, i m always reluctant to speak of it in terms of the obama legacy because it makes it personal to him, and these issues haven t be personal to him. they can should be considered ie context of their impact to the country and their impact on people. when you talk about striking the mandate in this bill, which the president touted as one of its great features, although he said he didn t want to talk about it until after it passed because he knew it wouldn t be popular, it wouldn t be popular because 13 million people will lose their health care, estimated, as a result of that. that s concerning. talking about undermining the iran agreement is concerning not because it was an obama legacy but because it could be very destabilizing and lead us into a greater period of conflict.
a mike by bernie sanders. there s going to be more attention focusing back to that. i want to ask one final question of you two, which is in the recent cnn poll, 66% of americans say the tax bill is doing more to benefit the wealthy than the middle class. this is a risk. do you think ultimately it s going to pay off? i think i just saw something, a report that 89% of people in new hampshire were getting a tax cut. you re going to start to see the truth come out about this bill. there s a lot of, frankly, inaccurate reporting going on about what this does. you saw at&t, wells fargo, a whole bunch of companies now coming forward to say, we are raising our wages, we are giving bonuses. this is going to this will trickle through. and that will be the reality instead of the rhetoric. but you also saw other corporations giving benefits to the tax holders at the expense of the workers. shareholders, excuse me. there s not one democrat that believes in violence at any of these events
the border security bills. and he is saying what do we need to do? we need more fencing. let s talk about all of this. threat s talk about daca. try to work together to come up with a package for a legislative fix for the deferred action for childhood arrival. pete: senator jeff flake tweeted this yesterday who has been a fierce opponent of this president. he tweeted bipartisan daca bill will be on the senate floor by january. for those who believe in the trump agenda there is no one you want in the room more than john kelly. someone who is a believer in the wall. who is a believer of the rule of law doesn t want to give away to illegals. recognizes the complex environment of the dreamer situation but not going to give away the farm without making stliewr is real border investment as a change. steve: that s good. behind the scenes there is some negotiating going on. you have have the administration saying okay, we want a wall. and this is what we want. big, bing, bing. meanwhile across
estate. that was the bulk of the taxes he paid that year, lowering the tax burden on pass throughs. pass throughs pay taxes through an owner s tax return and make up the majority of the trump business order. commercial real estate for example, like reducing the tax on income from real estate investments and larger deductions on commercial property. and an interesting development emerging from the tax vote. bipartisan daca bill will be on the floor in january. flakes vote on taxes has been linked to dreamer discussions and dreamers are just one element lawmakers are grappling with as they try to keep the lights on a government funding bill is due friday. all sides agree on one thing, they don t want a shutdown, but avoiding one, that s another story. the main battle between house
if they don t think this bill helps them, if they think it actually penalizes them it s going to be very it s going to be more difficult for republicans to hold the house majority next year. two different narratives on this bill. the new york tabloids summing them up. it s a wrap, positive or art of the steal. so we will see which really takes shape over the next year or so. friday, government funding runs out. are we headed for a shutdown? i think they re going to avoid it. they re not going to want to step on their own message in terms of the tax reform victory and trying to sell that. if the government were to shut down it would be on them most likely. they would liook like they re incompetent and can t govern. i don t think that s where we re headed. the daca bill will be on the floor in january. do you think some of the deals with the holdout republicans, those promises will be kept? well, we re going to have to