Why rob portman is hopeful. Mick mulvaney is warning. And steny hoyer is fighting mad. Theyre all here and only here. We begin with blake burman with the latest. Blake . Its clear here in the halls of the capitol as House Republicans mark up their bill and the senate will release their bill later this week. Theres a host of issues to work through. Earlier today, the club for growth, an influential Republican Group put out a note saying they have issues with four Different Things on the individual side of this House Republican plan. Here they are. Top tax bracket for millionaires with the possibility that those that make in the low Million Dollar range can see the top end taxed north of 45 . They take issue with a portion of passthrough profits would be taxed 25 . Growth. You had big deficits. It wasnt tax cuts that did it. Cuts create growth and growth creates revenues neil but you left out Ronald Reagan. I know. Deficits didnt grow with him. The first two years were high because we ph
neil: phil murphy, paid his way to play, very wealthy and he could have the trifecta running the legislature and the assembly as well. that s where new jersey could possibly go. how about virginia? you know, neil, this race is very close. i think metrics show that ralph northam, the democrat, is likely to pull that out by a nose. it wouldn t surprise me at all the ed gillespie sneaks an upset. a small victory. he s closing stronger than the democrat. the democrats are nervous. what i would point out, in virginia the statewide office holders don t run as a ticket. so the governor and the lieutenant governor run separately. i can easily see ed gillespie eeking out a small victory but