the republican orthodoxy since the reagan era. you know, separately from that, white house officials say they know the tax cut plan isn t polling very well right now. but they re betting, craig, that come early february, when americans finally see the impact of the tax cuts in their paychecks, that could all change. jeff bennett at the white house, kacie hunt, thank you. the white house and republican leaders in congress do appear unified around one thing, the language that they use to describe this last minute budget bill. this is white house press secretary sanders and house speaker ryan earlier today. we have maintained our position all along. we want a clean bill. no games, no sneaky things. a continuing resolution to get us through this moment to get us into next year. for more on this clean bill and some other issues as well, shannon pennypiece, white house reporter at bloomberg. jake sherman, senior writer at
they were promised that the national defense authorization act would be which passed under president trump, would be fully funded in the next bill. they re only going to get about $6 billion in necessary emergency assistance in the stop gap. so they re the part of the doing. it s not really the freedom caucus that s upset but, rather, that amount of pain than stepping on the story of tax relief that we haven t seen for three decades. shannon, paul ryan, house speaker ryan, saying that the next mission after tax cuts would be cutting spending on entitlements like medicare. today mitch mcconnell appeared not to agree with the speaker. listen to how the two have framed the next debate. we ll talk about it on the other side. well, i think the democrats are not going to be interested in entitlement reform. so i would not expect to see that on the agenda. the kinds of entitlement reforms we re going to be pursuing are the kinds that help make sure we get people from welfare to work.