mechanics of the senate and the house bill, based on those who might be critical and i listed those who are critical and might be in play right now, what is the one element you are watching that might pivot this one way or the other? i don t know that there is a single element, because the challenge is you have different kinds of complaints coming from different kinds of members. so for example, susan collins and lisa murkowski, they have a concern about mixing obamacare repeal and repeal of the individual mandate in obamacare with the tax reform package. and others like bob corker are worried about the deficit and then people like ron johnson are worried about the treatment of small businesses. so there isn t a single factor, but that is why tax reform is so complicated. it is like a rubix cube and when you twist one side, another side will change and tax reform is an exercise that we haven t seen since 1986. jared, same question to you. of all of the different elements, is there
donald trump every step of the way. in fact there s a trump score that you can go on 538 and check and he has a 100 trump score, meaning that there isn t a single piece of legislation where he has not supported the trump position. and that includes this trumpcare fiasco from this past week where he said he was leaning yes before they had to pull the vote. so on virtually every issue, this is why he is the most vulnerable incumbent in the united states house of representatives and why we will defeat him. we re going to do it with a grassroots huge group of donors and we will ultimately prevail because our issues are where the people of our district are at. our district is not with donald trump. they re certainly not with darrell issa. i want to ask you both, this is one of the things that s really challenged democrats in trying to take on republicans in some of these seats is what the democratic party stands for. what is the purpose of the
live from america s news headquarters, i am a kelly wright, good morning. here s what s happening. president trump will address his first joint session of congress tonight. to lay out his agenda on immigration, taxes, and health care. he might also touch on his proposed budget plan. it calls for a massive hike in military spending while slashing domestic programs and foreign aid. there is a predictor that obamacare will survive because there isn t a single democrat that supports its repeal.
of natural jobs also bring additional tax revenue. there s a way to do this. if we start bringing businesses back. creating more job. that has a significant impact on the deficit on being able to drive down the deficit and balancing the budget. i think it not something i want to get into too much detail now but i will tell you the president has been very keen on trying to make sure that we look at the revenue side as much as we re looking at the spending side. when it comes to the spending side, you re looking at a whole government approach at how we look at every department, every agency, every job, the hiring freeze being one of them. how do we make sure that we re looking at, are these positions necessary? are we using taxpayer money in the best possible way? those are the whole it isn t a single like look at those particular programs and try to figure out what we can do. he s looking at everything and figuring out if we can make it
change. isn t it true that every transaction that s been referred to were available for the public to find in the records of the senate ethics committee and the house ethics committee? absolutely, and they remain so today. these were not things hidden, they re facts we require you to disclose every year? in fact there isn t a single bit of information out here that i didn t reveal to the public in the transparent process. isn t it true that transparency is the antiseptic that creates the environment where there is no corruption? sunshine cures disease, that s exactly right. isn t it correct that you ve worked throughout your career in the georgia senate, united states congress, and as secretary of hhs, to be sure there s always transparency? absolutely. it s a hallmark and a key, especially in the area of health care and the services that hhs provides. is it not true you love your country, you love your job, and you ll do everything you can to disclose everything poss