house. reuters is saying today that the kremlin is saying they re hearing conflicting statements about whether the president will sign it. take us inside. what is going on? we know he s got a pen. he has a pen. you know, the white house has indicated publicly that he will sign it, but they say they haven t seen the final len legislation and aren t quite ready to do that yet. i ll believe it when i see it. look, he s uncomfortable with this move, but he s basically locked into having to sign it. there s a veto-proof majority on capitol hill so even if he would veto this bill, that would have overridden anyways. then why could the president be stalling here? just take as much time as you can until you have to act. maybe wait until a weekend day where there will be less focus on it. there will be lots of reasons that you might do that. i kind of agree with phil, i think he s caught between a rock and a hard place here. he knows he ll get overridden if
better. how risky is the bet? you saw the full numbers and there is a very, very unpopular bill. but republicans are going ahead with it anyway because in large part because they feel like they need a legislative and political victory. it s worth remindng ourselves of the process here that they are using to get the bill through. not to say the process has not been used before for major len legislation, but worth pointing out that this is a major piece of legislation that will overhaul the tax code and it being used because senators want to use justice and majority to get this through without any democratic votes. all republican enterprise on a big issue which is a bet heading into the mid-term. the republican base will like this for the most part. republican donors will like this, but in the middle of the electorate in the subbushes in alabama and new jersey and virginia where the republican