then they have all the stuff. cultural stuff will always rise to the top. it m think it s a shame. i would like to know more the details because i think some of the facts, as i understand them, are in dispute. if they want to have a personal meeting behind-the-scenes? we don t know. i don t know. you said they didn t. brian: they requested it. i don t know they were denied. dana: i don t know. i think it s a shame. it s possible maybe one of the best t to do i just to stop having teens come to the white house and focus on the peoples business. kimberly: greg, where do you fall? greg: i don t give a toss about these players. i am all here to talk about it because we have to talk about it. the economy is good. low unemployment. where is isis right now? north korea is at the table. we have iran on watch. we have so much good news.
get things done. that is what they are. so, it is hard. congress is slow. i remember in busch s first year, tax cuts were signed into law and june of 2001, the significant and should have come education didn t get signed until january of 2002. so, congress is always low but the challenge here really is, the senate, mitch mcconnell has to put his foot on the gas and bring the senators together to make sure that they do pass health care. otherwise, what is the point? martha: ari, are you concerned that they are not on the trump train, so to speak, and the g.o.p. side? they are nervous about the tweets, concerned about that sort of income and not sure if they want to be the one out there on the limb supporting it? they should do the opposite. they are nervous, they are worried about the president and the staff and all the noise. but if that is the case, what you need to do is be known for something else. you should be known for doing the peoples business. you should be known for passi
ryan talked about change going forward. our party has lost its vision and we re going the replace it with a vision. we believe that the country s on the wrong track. we think the country s headed in the wrong direction, and we have an obligation here in the peoples house to do the peoples business, to give this country a better way forward. the runner-up in this speaker race, florida s daniel webster, sounded like he had made an impact but also sounded like he is ready to move on. talked to the members and see i don t really want them to nominate me. why not? because i think we ve got this is done. it s 200 to 43. let s head forward to see what we can do. paul ryan needs 218 votes tomorrow morning on the house floor. and then we will have a new speaker of the house. first things first. the house needs to vote on this budget package sometime later this afternoon. neil? all right.