this done with 51 votes instead of 60, are set to expire. so the clock is ticking. but hallie, just the way these things are interrelated, the big deal we talked about last week that moved all the government defending debate into december has freed up a lot of time in the calendar. so all of a sudden the senate has a little bit of wiggle room in the few short days to do this. the next step is the cbo score that we ll probably see sometime early next week. six whole working days. garrett, thank you for the optimistic take, i appreciate it. nina and sarah, what do you make of the chances here? garrett said diplomatically you have the republicans, they have not solved the issues here, is senator graham to feel right to be optimistic? this bill still has some of the problems that tripped up the last repeal effort, mainly that it ends the medicaid expansion, cuts to the growth of the medicaid spending were some of the reasons the moderate republicans couldn t vote for the last one. so
might have had a point when he said there were bad dudes on the other side. he pointed out that john mccain sunk the obamacare repeal effort. blamed john mccain for the fact there s now a single payer movement on the democratic side led by bernie sanders. he said he ll have tax reform proposed by the week of september 25th. i m not even halfway done. this is quite a little conversation. he said the tax reform is not going to be something for the rich. he said now this is where it gets good. it s going to be revenue neutral. revenue neutral means it doesn t cost any more money, doesn t add anything to the debt but he said it will be revenue neutral when you add growth. we are at 3% growth. we hid 3% growth from one quarter. we did that eight times during the obama administration. growth is 2.2%. so donald trump was misleading here again, as he always is when it comes to gdp growth. i m going to need a few minutes for this. he always talks about 3% growth. we re at 2.2% growth, kind of
efforts around health care. we saw democrats coming together, even though there are disagreements here and there when we talk about single payer, for example. you saw so much energy and activism around this country. you saw people holding their members accountsable. if president trump just today, there was a poll, the associated press reported on, four and five americans really want this repeal effort to stop. so i think if he tries to mess with that, he ll hear from the american people. not just the democratic party. and frankly, some in his own party so it doesn t concern me. there are reports now, the hill being among those to report that president obama is appearing to make a comeback of sorts in the fall. the hill reporting that he doesn t want to be a foil. do you want to see president obama return to the spotlight? i think it would be great to have his voice out there of it
then this morning, the president tweets, can you believe mitch mcconnell couldn t get it done? must repeal and replace obamacare. is that a winning tactic for your party on this one, do you think? well, i think that i don t know the back and forth between the president and the senate majority leader isn t going to add any additional votes to the obamacare repeal effort. i was at a meeting with one of the senate republicans going back a few weeks ago and i said, do you have three or more moderate senators in your conference who won t vote for obamacare repeal, no matter what it says and he said yes. while they have a majority as it relates to some legislation being able to pass, having the gavels for oversight, being able to confirm a supreme court justice, setting the agenda, i
hugh are you doing, mitch? hey mitch, are we going to be okay? reporter: the president s digital attacks are a calculated political risk. he is banking that the average american is on his side. new cnn polling shows that 68% of americans view the republican congress a failure, and only 24% have a favorable opinion of republican leadership which includes mcconnell. but, an open feud with mcconnell could seriously hamper trump s legislative agenda. the back and forth between the president and the senate majority leader isn t going to add any additional votes to the obamacare repeal effort. reporter: meanwhile, mcconnell and his team refuse to engage, hoping this will pass before congress returns in september with an enormous list of tasks to complete. and part of mcconnell s criticism for president trump was that he was setting artificial deadlines for the congress and it made their work more difficult. well, when the house and senate