12 senators of the republican party behind it, people like corker and ted kennedy like it, chuck schumer, lindsey graham. people are so close to learning how to do it again. i think it comes down to urge y urgency. i remember that because tip o neill was old and reagan was old by our standards then. and they knew they didn t have any more time. and there s a wonderful thing about urgency. you get it done, because you have to. the urgency, the one thing that feels almost missing, there s a connection there that you have to have between people and washington, the folks who are gathered in that cathedral across the street. and that connection i think has to be strengthened. we feel it on a day like today when we remember. the sense of doing the
this tantrum. how do you see his message, anna? i think it s too little too late, frankly. i m sorry to see that leader in the senate like corker get retirement time courage. i think we are having a deficiency of consistency in washington and a deficiency of courage, particularly in the republican party. is there a reason for it? yes, take a look at what happened last night with mark sanford. he lost his primary. this is a guy who in congress has spoken up against and opposed the president at times, even though he s voted with him 75% of the time. yesterday, donald trump tweeted against him, you know, just in the middle of the election and he lost his primary. so i think that after they see people like mark sanford fall, fall on their sword, you re going to see even more cowering, d even more cowardus by the republicans in congress. scott, i want to move on to the different tone and words
welcome back to the lead, senator marco rubio threatening to torpedo the republican tax plan to get what he wants. florida republican tells cnn that he is a no on the current legislation unless his republican senate colleagues expand a child tax credit. phil matingly is live on capitol hill, not the only republican senator to express unease with the current tax bill. are any of these republicans actually going to vote no? reporter: it s an open question. one republican voted no the first time around. that is senator bob corker, his concerns while he s not made a final judgment on any deal that s made here that would be voted on, his concerns haven t been addressed. it s the deficit. it s always been the deficit. and look at senator marco rubio, like corker, his concerns are not necessarily easily addressed. with senator rubio wants is expanded refundability on that
harder for your candidates flip the evasion. never herpd wilped with the bild man and woman walking. they need to help with the bill? what do you think? i don t think so. i don t think they need to help the bill as-is now. geared massively towards corporations and millionaires and top 1%. no, don t need to. depends how it shapes out. if in the implementation of this democrats don t support this at all and they re able to point to places where middle class is not getting what it thought it was, a much easier thing than pro actively sell something. pause here. a developing story. still sitting at 48-49. three votes to go. back to committee. 49, flake, corker, ron johnson holding out. there s the huddle. see animation. we re going to sneak in a break. figure out what s going on and see if we can bring you more updates on this. meanwhile, also coming up, every member of the house