Republican tax reform bill. On washington journal, your reaction to the bill, join the conversation with your phone calls, you males, tweets, and comments on our facebook page. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Isit ncicap. Org] host good morning, its tax day on capitol hill and the house is slated to vote on the republican plan from that chamber. And over on the senate side, it is they four for for Senate Finance committee as they continue to work on the republicans proposal in that chamber. If republicans can get their different plans out of their respective chambers, two sides have to come together and vote again. Well get into the differences between the two bills and give you the latest on the vote while getting your thoughts on the republicans push. Democrats, 2027488000, republicans, 2027488001, and independents, 2027488002. Also you can
And the senate bill, will speaking on the floor. Trump, justident staying on point, how can President Trump tax cuts for the middleclass when the public does not seem to look at it that way . Nancy pelosi giving Closing Remarks. The house of representatives what i woulder will is republican, they the at the lowering of the majority have seen the 401 k s grow. What they are getting back from the government. Might frustrate them, especially when you go to battleground states like michigan and pennsylvania. Pelosi, a nancy minority leader and used to be speaker of the house. This has often litigated out. Is that true . Will push back ferociously against that and here is why. There are broad frameworks debated for decades. Wealthytaxes on individuals and corporations would stimulate growth or we are happy to have debates but provisions in both bills in the house and senate bill have literally just been added in recent days that radically transform the landscape. State and local deductions
Lets see how things did overnight in asia. Asia was leading the declines yesterday. This time a little different story. Nikkei closed up by 1. 5 hang seng was up by 0. 6 shanghai was flat. In europe, at least at this early trading hour, there are green arrows across the board. Barely hanging on for the ftse the dax and cac each up by better than 0. 6 looking at crude oil prices, at least right now, crude oil looks like its down 7 cents 55. 26. Couple big stories were watching, mattel has rejected a takeover approach from rival hasbro reuters reporting that mattel believes the offer undervalues the company and doesnt take into account the potential for regulators to rejected the deal on antitrust grounds reports saying mattels new ceo who took over in february may be trying to drive a harder bargain in talks with hasbro the company cut its fullyear revenue outlook. You are looking at both of those stocks now time inc is reportedly restarting talks to sell itself to publisher and broadca
All right. What a country and what a day. Today we are one step closer to better jobs and more opportunity for every american. Mr. Curbelo and today is a big day for so many in this country, especially for those who have been struggling to get by, who havent been able to get ahead, who have read about the economic recovery for years but have never experienced it. Today is a great day for them. [speaking spanish] mr. Curbelo now, i want to introduce [applause] you know how to say ways and means in spanish . [speaking spanish] ways and means, kevin brady. Mr. Brady thank you, buddy. [applause] this is an incredibly exciting day for the American People. It would not be here for them without incredible leadership from speaker ryan and our leadership team, our members in the house and especially i want to thank the 24 members of the house ways and Means Committee, republicans, amazing job. [applause] mr. Brady think about it, for the first time in three decades, the house just voted to pass
The Senate Finance committee. We expect we have live coverage for you over on cspan3 of the Senate Finance committee. You can also find that online at cspan. Org. Outside of are also he meeting room in the capitol where House Republicans will be gathering, now that they gaveled out. Making their way to the meeting room. President trump as we mentioned, expecting to leave the white house shortly. And speak to republicans before that vote, which is expected this afternoon sometime shortly after between noon and where House Republicans will be gathering, now that they gaveled out. Making their way to the 1 00. We hope to have any comments from members, possibly from the president if he makes a statement before or after his meeting, well aim to bring that live to you as well. Wed love to hear from you, too, if youre watching the debate. Your thoughts on the tax reform debate. Heres how to be part of that conversation. Democrats use 2027488920. Republicans, 2027488921. And for all others, 2