Brookings institution on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. Host in front of the white house by the president yesterday republican lawmakers gather on the south lawn to celebrate passage of their tax reform legislation. It is the first of major changes to the u. S. Tax code since Ronald Reagan in 1986. All but a dozen republicans in the house voted against the proposal. Democrats in the house voted against the proposal. We will take the last part of their argument this morning. Are you concerned about rising debt . Over 20 trillion. If youre very concerned, 202 7488000. Somewhat concerned 202 7488001. All 202 ned at 7488002. Join us on twitter and facebook. Good morning. We will get to those phone calls in just a minute. First from the committee for responsible federal budget. This is what they say about the tax legislation. The final conference agreement will cost 1. 46 trillion leading between 95 and 98 of gdp by 27 compared to 91 under current l
It will not be done in this bill, and the reason why is because i believe what we are trying do now is to finish the work that had begun and was done. They presented their bills. Chairman coal as an appropriate to and we had an opportunity to move through the bills rightly or wrongly. It wasnt always 50 50. I knowledge that. But it was done with space and influence to accommodate getting bills across the line. The most important thing my job is and i have always tried to focus on my job is to make the things done that i had to do. It is funding the government. It is taking care of this Disaster Relief and it is making sure that we accommodate the bulk of making sure that we take the funding of the government and moving it forward. I am absolutely open poposed be i know the ability tofe effectively manage the government is more important than putting them off a month at a time. I will tell you i will not recommend that we take your bill but i will invite you back and i will invite you t
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