know what? it s not that easy. trump was ready to cut and run and get on to the next thing. but getting on to the next thing for reasons both politics and actuarials in the house requires getting this done. so the tax reform push is what s behind this. i think largely. the other thing, and i talked the a loft moderate members and other members in the house who were going through this process last week and now this week in the whipping process, there was one other simpler thing, not just the tax cut dynamic, but also just the simple words we got to win one for the team. and you heard, that was the message that was being delivered over and over again to the moderate members. and eventually they decided to capitulate on that front. i have to say that is a very shortsighted view of what winning means. and i think this almost defines the notion of a pyrrhic victory, what they managed to register today. well, charlie, the clear message that they believe this is a win is that they had a v
first stage of the tax cut in obamacare. and by the way, the senate might vepass this health care thing, and you won t have to live with the results. lawrence, i m going say the two words that i know you like better than any other. you are right. actually, that s three words. i ll take it. i don t care how many words it is. you have the floor, john heilemann. take your time! i will say i ve been making this argument, and others have been making this argument for several weeks now that this is the driving force behind the reviving the push to get this bill through the house after donald trump said when the bill collapsed the first time, we re moving on. he said we re moving on. we re going to go do tax reform. and they looked up and said you know what? it s not that easy. trump was ready to cut and run and get on to the next thing. but getting on to the next thing for reasons both politics and actuarials in the house requires getting this done. so the tax reform push is what s beh
is correct and lives in today and isn t a dork. you re now dreaming. you can t have two people on this list together and that s to say jeb bush and marco rubio cannot both run. florida is too big of a fundraising center. one of the other of them have to get out of the way. let s set aside personality. forgetting the actual people here. easy with the republicans. yeah. is there an issue, if you were to say there was an issue in 2016 like a policy one, policy platform that you think could actually help propel one of these characters into a good position in the general, what would it be? for me it s the economy and i would like mitt romney for that but, you know, wake me after i m done crying. anything specific. like a major tax reform push.
is correct and lives in today and isn t a dork. you re now dreaming. you can t have two people on this list together and that s to say jeb bush and marco rubio cannot both run. florida is too big of a fundraising center. one of the other of them have to get out of the way. let s set aside personality. forgetting the actual people here. easy with the republicans. yeah. is there an issue, if you were to say there was an issue in 2016 like a policy one, policy platform that you think could actually help propel one of these characters into a good position in the general, what would it be? for me it s the economy and i would like mitt romney for that but, you know, wake me after i m done crying. anything specific. like a major tax reform push.
to clin clip years after republicans took control of congress, the former president said there was a major difference. the storyline is how well we work with the republicans and all that. but, you know, we played political kabuki for a year. had two government shutdowns. we have can t afford that now. reporter: still, congress is struggling to avoid a middle class tax hike that almost every lawmaker agrees they don t want. president obama is suggesting the next, much more complicated step may be overhauling the tax system, telling national public radio i think we ll have to to have a conversation over the next year. reporter: his aides say reforming the system will take several years but there could be elements in the spending plan, that new budget director jack liu reveals next month. and for questions with the president of poland mr. obama said clear reform is the focus of the next two years. i ll have an opportunity to make a class we have to have tax reform and simplify