has the trump administration he s singling out california? i think it s clear. whether it s offshore drilling or he s given an exception to florida but not california. whether it s the home mortgage deduction. which he capped. whether it s state and local taxes which he also capped. he s focussed on our policies around immigration. healthcare, the environment. yes, i think it s clear. he s made it absolutely clear that he s going to do everything he can to punish california. and frankly it s not going to work. we ll take a page out of governor perry s book. we ll use the tenth amendment. the courts to stand up for california values. values that i used to think were american values. but he seems to think another
lincoln . let s mention president eisenhower, dwight eyes now because he s the first president since eisenhower who didn t visit california, the largest democratic state, i should say, during his year in office. has the interrupt administration, do you think he s single out or that administration is single out california? i think it s pretty clear. whether it s offshore drilling where he s given an exception to florida but not california, whether it s the home mortgage deduction, which he capped, whether it s state and local taxes which he s also capped, he s focused on our policies around immigration, health care, the environment. yes, i think it s pretty clear, he s made it absolutely clear that he s going to do everything he can to punish california. and, frankly, it s not going to work. we re going to take a page out
column. melissa: would you put the state and local deduction back in? to make sure people who are protected in states that have high taxes? i think you can see a little bit of wiggle room around that, take a state like mine that doesn t have a state income tax but a lot of our small businesses will say we may be paying above $10,000 in sales tax because of the way we organize our business and they want to be able to maximize that portion of the deduction. there might be some wiggle room around that, there may be some wiggle room around the home mortgage deduction. the point is the senate needs to pass the bill, they need to get into conference with the house and we need to get this to president trump s desk by the time we get to christmas. this is imperative, we have to get the job done.
says that if they eliminate those state and local taxes, it could cost republicans the house in 2018, here he is. i say to every one of my republican colleagues in the house who come from a suburban district, this bill could be your political doom. chris: chairman, you ve got more than two dozen republican congressmen from high-taxed states, can you guaranty them because they are threatened to vote against an elimination of state and local tax deductions, can you guaranty them that the final bill they vote on will not include the total elimination in the senate plan? well, i can, here is why because we want people to keep more of what they earn regardless of wherever they live including in the high-taxed states. that s why we keep the home mortgage deduction, we keep the charitable deduction, we restore $10,000 of the property tax deduction, which is twice the national average, but we didn t
days there. we have a cure en route. i ll see you in manila. jon: enjoy your travels with the president coming to us from china. melissa: here at home the house ways and means committee expected to finish its mark-up of the gop tax bill soon. with senate republicans preparing to unveil their own tax legislation. meanwhile president trump weighing in referring to the senate plan the wall street journal reports he told democrats in a conference call you ll like it a whole lot more. joining me is bob cusick editor and chief of the hill. what do you think democrats will like more about the senate plan versus the house plan? well, i don t think democrats are going to get on board with this bill. it will be different than the house bill and they ll unveil it in the next hour. there will be differences on the state and local tax deduction as well as home mortgage deduction. this will be a different bill. if it passes the house and senate they will have to