chris stirewalt s favorite thanksgiving side dishes? you will find out on the daily briefing . melissa: i want to know. it is going to be a busy december when lawmakers return to capitol hill after thanksgiving, they will have just a handful of legislative days to check everything off there to-do list. top priority is finishing their tax over hall to hit the president s desk by christmas and averting government shutdow shutdown. it can be complicated by democrats threats to withhold support. lawmakers try to reach a deal on the debt limit and if that s not enough, they only have until mid-december to decide whether to re-impose sanctions on iran. not easy. we are back with our panel, zach, what do you think? that is a busy schedule. i think it is a really tall order, and especially tall order for this crowd who now have
he ll be a no, because he s toast. tax reform is beefing up in congress as you can tell and republicans have won final month to fulfill one of the trump administration s biggest promises, can gop leaders get a bill on the president s desk or blow up in the senate like we saw obamacare blow up. do you think they can get this done? that s the goal to have something on the president s desk by christmas. the thing here is timing is critical. if republicans don t manage to get tax reform in 2016, i don t think that they have a chance in 2018 because they ve already
mitch mcconnell immediately calling for an ethics investigation. i m not sure how the ethics committee had jurisdiction over what he mayor m or may not have done. i think all these facts should be a reminder that respect for women is not an issue. and to accept that would be a mistake. trump at capitol hill at this hour trying to rally republicans for tax reform. the house expecting to pass the tax bill, their version, but the senate is working on a very different version, which includes eliminating the health care mandate from obamacare, a critical underpinning to the health system. the party is under pressure to get legislation to the president s desk by christmas. joining me now, nbc s garrett haag on capitol hill.
common ownership is reporting that ron johnson, the republican of wisconsin, republican senator from wisconsin, says he opposes the senate tax package. the reason he opposes it, he says i oppose it because it benefits corporations more than other types of businesses. here s a quote. if they can pass it without them, let them. mr. johnson said i m not going to vote for this tax package. that s one republican gone on the senate side. others that are shaky. we don t know. he s the first one that i know of to say that i am not voting for this. again, this isn t fox news material. this is the wall street journal. his position could undermine the senate s position to pass the plan by december or get the bill to the president s desk by christmas. they want it done to get to it the president, have it done by the time santa claus comes. they want a new tax plan. this is going to make it tough.
senate republicans need the race by ending this popular middle-class deduction. speak out this is about improving people s lives and mag a positive difference and i fundamentally believe when we do this, make good on our word and promise and make people s lives better, we re going to be just fine politically. the goal is to get a final bill to the president s desk by christmas, but that is going to be hard with these policy differences and i was at a twist tonight about whether or not roy moore can get that alabama senate seat in republican hands. martha: ed, thank you very much. wall street obviously watching all of this very closely. the market has been up dramatically over 22% since president trump took office, but today, it backed off a bit. it s relative when you look at it, 23,000, not even at half a percentage. analysts are concerned about whether the republic and legislation can actually pass.