asked a good question of has the president ever offset or hindered your ability to get things done ledgislatively and paul ryan said it s not a problem for the president to throw the ideas out there and we will see how the president handle this is and if he has the backs of these republicans. that was very diplomatic on the speaker s part. the president called his house bill mean. that s one of the challenges. you heard the speaker saying they won t make the same mistakes. they have been working with the senate trying to keep this on one foot. here we have a reaction from the president of the united states. i applaud the house ways and means committee to introducing the tax cuts and jobs act. it s another step towards providing massive tax swallow the american people. there is much work left to do. they will distort the facts and say there is special deals and some of the media will unfairly report on the efforts, but my
don t trust that the president will have their back if push comes to shove. they are being asked to vote for a bill that the polls show have 17% popularity in the country. that s a heavy lift. they understand all the repercussions and the fact they all campaigned on repeal and replace. but, they are worried about this particular bill and should they vote on it and walk off that ledge behind the president? they don t know where he is going to be. that s a problem they have. don t forget, this is a president who called the house bill mean, at one point. right after he celebrated it. right. right after he celebrated it. they are a little nervous about whether they can depend on him. do the president s statements today, we will wait to see what he says, but the tweets leading up to today and the last 24 and
voters. those are the biggest losers in this bill. if you look on the private health insurance side, exchanges, kaiser family foundation calculated premiums go up $30,000 in virtually every count any america and medicaid, many states suffering the most from the opioid crisis found medicaid to be a critical part of their response and west virginia, kentucky, michigan, nevada are and maine, enormous reductions, ohio, as well in medicaid population under this bill. yes, post a victory potentially but i out in 50 republicans would vote for repeal without knowing what comes next but can t fulfill the larger promise. defend the economic strain lower middle income voters and the biggest losers in many states under the legislation the house passed and the senate is considering. hmm. he called that house bill mean. yes. but there isn t we haven t
is there as is the basic principle th principal that the affordable care act established. it shouldn t necessarily depend your income. once that idea is implanted you don t have as much wiggle room as before. what do you see the president s role in this? he s called the house bill mean and he wants more heart in the senate bill. he s got a divided senate. he s had a couple meetings. what can the president do? i don t think the president has been particularly helpful to republicans in this effort. maybe it s been helpful for mitch mcconnell s point of view for the president to point out and say you guys work this out and i ll support you. he s made clear he will sign whatever they come up with. if this were a president who were deeply steeped in policy and who had a white house apparatus that did policy well and he would come up with a plan
over the next ten years. some people do like that. anderson? all right. tom foreman, thanks. two opposing points of view now, robert rice, also steven moore, economics analyst, and adviser to the trump campaign. secretary rice, the president called the house bill mean. does it have heart? no. the senate bill as we just said removes 22 million people from health care. the house bill, according to the congressional budget office, removed 33 million. to that extent, the senate bill is better. if you think having hearts, being less mean, means going from 23 million people to 22 million people losing health care, you don t have much heart to begin with. this is a bombshell, anderson. this is the kind of thing that shakes members of congress up, because they have to face voters, many of whom are going