over president obama s supreme court nominee merrick garland who never got a hearing. they are threatening to return the favor so to speak, by filibustering, threatening to filibuster any vote to confirm judge neil gorsuch. republican leadership plan to get him confirmed by any means necessary, though, which is a not so subtle reference to willingness to use the so-called nuclear option. that would change senate rules so judge gorsuch could be confirmed with 51 vote instead of 60. that s why this morning on cbs face the nation, texas senator ted cruz said in his mind judge gorsuch is a done deal. judge gorsuch will be confirmed, he will get 60 votes and be confirmed whatever procedural steps are necessary, i believe within a month or two, neil gorsuch will be associate justice of the supreme court. reporter: republicans are hoping to avoid the nuclear option, though, and to do that they ll need eight democrats in the senate to support gorsuch s
so, congressman, let me ask you this. you re saying you want a clean repeal. the question is in its current form are you a yes or no on this piece of legislation because you re going to have to decide very soon, they ll move this to the floor as quickly as they can. well i m a definite no on what is the republican party s largest welfare plan in the history of the republican party. i don t believe in undermining the work ethic, i don t believe in the tax increases and the soaring deficits that are going to ensue from yet another welfare entitlement program so i m voting no against the house leadership plan because i believe it takes us in the wrong direction. granted, it s not as bad as obamacare but not being as bad as obamacare duds not make it good. well, that s a very crystal clear enunciation of a way a lot of your colleagues are thinking. thank you for coming on the
the states via medicaid block grants and each state can decide for itself what it wants for its s citizens. so, congressman, let me ask you this. you re saying you want a clean repeal. the question is in its current form are you a yes or no on this piece of legislation because you re going to have to decide very soon, they ll move this to the floor as quickly as they can. well i m a definite no on what is the republican party s largest welfare plan in the history of the republican party. i don t believe in undermining the work ethic, i don t believe in the tax increases and the soaring deficits that are going to ensue from yet another welfare entitlement program so i m voting no against the house leadership plan because i believe it takes us in the wrong direction. granted, it s not as bad as obamacare but not being as bad as obamacare duds not make it good. well, that s a very crystal clear enunciation of a way a lot of your colleagues are thinking.
the last six years that we wanted to repeal obamacare. let s have an up-and-down vote on the repeal of obamacare. let s not masquerade the republican house leadership plan as a repeal when, quite frankly, on the face of the document it is not a repeal, it is an amendment. so i m comfortable with a complete repeal of obamacare, give us time to adjust the health care systems in america to fit the needs of american citizens. here s the thinking of why they haven t done that. and i thought ted cruz who is on your fight is admirably honest when he was asked should they get rid of the ban on pre-existing conditions, stopping from getting insurance? he said yeah, that s part of the regulatory regime. so you re saying you, mo brooks, are willing to vote to kick people off their insurance that will be on it until they re 26, to reinstate lifetime caps, to reinstate the ban for preexisting conditions, you re willing to vote for that
they believe a refundable tax credit to help individuals purchase insurance is a new entitlement, that obamacare s medicaid expansion remains until 2020 and obamacare s so-called cadillac tax on high-cost insurance plans returns this 2025. and some representatives say house leaders aren t being honest with the white house on what congress memberses really think. we have to keep our commitments to the american people. we promised that we were going to repeal obamacare. the house leadership plan is not a repeal of obamacare, it keeps substantial parts of obamacare this place, it copies or repackages other parts of obamacare. reporter: a number of high profile senators have also promised that the bill as it stands would be dead upon arrival to the their chamber. but chairman of house committees that visited the white house on friday say despite disagreements, they are unified in the belief that obamacare needs to go. if you hear nothing else i say today, this is the most important o