create, in phase three, across state lines and tort reform, that creates the market by which costs go down. i think part of the argument is reasonably compelling, these tax credits are no doubt better than the original subsidies even though your hearing they have effectively the same thing. that s one part of one part of one part of the argument. not the whole argument. this is the fundamental political fact. they have to pass an alternative. i think the alternative will change greatly and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell would be very smart to have a freewheeling amendment process. allow conservatives to feel like they are part of the creation of the bill but nobody should be mistaken. at the end of the day, if republicans failed to replace and repeal obamacare, they are going to be hurting going
g.o.p. health care proposal. democratic strategy appears to be to delay it, hoping it will be enough to stop it. i said i would like to make a motion to postpone the markup for 30 days. i don t understand why that s not in order. i moved to table the motion, if it s a motion. did your staff provide it? as the chairman, you are trying to rush the bill. resistance on the republican effort to scrap and replace obamacare. you are afraid of sunshine and we will insist that if the spotlight and the public is going to react, i assure you. let s not rewrite history. you claim you had a cbo estimate. you did not. you had a letter. wasn t based on the bill. it was based on specifications
i don t think this bill passes. there is an evolution and something like it could pass or something with revisions could pass because ultimately the question leadership is going to post to conservatives and others is do you want to be for obamacare or this? bret: a binary choice. if you believe as philip klein suggests that this is basically obamacare lite. you are accepting the structure of obamacare and the philosophical underpinnings, that basically this is a question of universal access. rather than a question about cost and freedom to choose in quality and care and health outcomes. what do you gain? republicans want to own the politics of it. bret: that the tax credits are leveling the playing field, that it s a reverse of the subsidies and that it s leveling the playing field on taxes. and then market places, when you
and crush and destroy isis. bret: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. more on this with the panel. fight firm mosul inside iraq. now to a fight of a different type here in washington and one that s shaping up to be a political battle of epic proportions. house republicans are at war with each other tonight over the leadership s plan, depending on your perspective, to replace a faltering obamacare with a better alternative or just put a fresh coat of paint on a broken down structure that will remain in place. john roberts is at the white house with what president trump is doing to promote the new plan. we start with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel, a tension packed capitol hill. house committees are working getting a first crack at the
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