this on capitol hill. good morning. majority leader kevin mccarthy says he believes they have the votes. that was last night. where are they this morning? it s a razor-thin margin. i think kevin mccarthy, the majority leader, is putting the best face on it. i think it s still fairly close. they are expressing confidence because you don t go forward unless you do so. they re not going to wing it. we ve seen that historically, saw it in the tarp vote, in the medicare part d prescription drug vote way back in 2003. it ends up being a big huge mess. you talked about the fact there s no congressional budget office score. this bill was only put online, the public was only able to see the exact language of the bill at about 8:00 last night before the house rules committee took it up and worked into the night. not only that, the total debate on the floor will probably last between the rule and the bill itself, probably about two hours. obviously they are ramming this thing through.
floor as they did back in march, it sort of loses steam and it s a rare occasion, i can only think of one in the time i ve been covering congress, that bailout, the tarp vote before the election in 2008 where it failed miserably on the floor, spectacular collapse, you remember that day when the stock market crashed 700 points but they did manage to bring it back and pass it a couple of days later. a rare occasion, the odds are vehicle he losing people here. fred upton has jurisdiction over this bill. billy long, a missouri congressman who s been behind donald trump all along says he can t back it because of the controversial weakening of the provision for pre-existing conditions. so it s not looking very optimistic for republican leadership and those who want to see this bill passed from the white house to capitol hill, steve. and the other moving part on capitol hill right now is this bill to fund the government, this deal to fund the government through september. donald trump takin
leadership, chris. i think moving forward we have to do a better job. i do think the exchanges are a difficulty and i hope we can work together in a bipartisan capacity on this issue because i do think major reforms are necessary. congressman, i want to i am curious in your reaction. this is a wild 24 hours. i have never i think going back to the first tarp vote is the last time i saw something like this unfold on the house floor. when you were told the bill was pulled, a bill you were going to vote no on, what did you feel? did you feel relief? were you happy? how did you feel? i was not happy. i think that this is a time where we have to be reflective and i think that that was the tenor of speaker ryan s comments. and i m willing to reach across the aisle to work with democratic colleagues and also colleagues in the senate in a
again, that s why the way they drafted this bill, republican leadership, it was a bad bill to begin with but try to find ways to strengthen the effective implementation of the law you ll take the politics out of health care. joe kennedy iii, pleasure. chris, thanks, pleasure. thank you. i m joined on the phone by congressman leonard lance, republican from new jersey who was a no vote on the health care bill. congressman, are you happy they pulled the bill? how are you feeling? that was a decision by leadership, chris. i think moving forward we have to do a better job. i do think the exchanges are a difficulty and i hope we can work together in a bipartisan capacity on this issue because i do think major reforms are necessary. congressman, i want to i am curious in your reaction. this is a wild 24 hours. i have never i think going back to the first tarp vote is
they represent districts where obamacare is popular and they cannot take a vote that is not right for their district. neil: excuse me. let me ask you this. how close are they following the markets? you were there when the markets were in a free fall, congress rejected tarp. so how cognizant of they are the markets that have been relatively patient through this. what then? i talk to everybody. they say, okay what do we do on this vote, does the market tank or does it go up. generally things are good. i haven t heard anybody doing a one to one. neil: i bet you they have a different mindset. a market tanking might change perspective. that s what you said on the tarp vote when the market went