pop bathroom closet. we ll get reaction to all of us in a moment. first we now have more on the developing storyry surrounding steele and with that is our own catherine herridge. the clock iser ticking for te fbi according to the new court order, and 60 days, providing records documenting their contact and communications with dossier author christopher steele. the timeline matters. the court wants records after steele was fired by the fbi just before the presidential election. over his contacts with the media where he was spreading the dossier allegations about collusion between the trump russia. and responding to a federal lawsuit brought by the judicial watch, u.s. district court judge christopher cooper said the records could help or hurt the fbi and should be public because of the steele allegations targeting a political campaign. those records might eitherti bolster or weaken steele s credibility as a source. that information in turn could provide a basis on which to evaluate t
and doesn t grow the debt. hard choices involved. hard choices indeed, the 2018 budget. how the republicans are doing that as a political maneuver to get the reconciliation for tax reform on 50 votes if republicans agree and exclude democrats. it doesn t get it done you saw what happened with healthcare reform. if you need republicans or fewer voters makes it less durable, as soon as you pass the tax plan to fight will start again, should we repeal it, we don t want to go to repeal and replace, we wanted to stick and be permanent and good in the long run. what i think is let s work on doing this right. i don t think the timeline matters, the structure matters and growing the economy can
lawmakers head home for a week long recess where angry voters are expected to demand answers. cnn s phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. reporter: miguel, there is no question about it. republicans have not come together around the repeal and replace like they expected. they campaigned on this for multiple elections now and there are real problems. over the course of the last couple days, we have seen them work behind closed doors to try to get information out to their members. some members want them to move quicker. some would like the process to slow down. those members are now going home. for recess. where they are faced with town hall backlash. one liberal group attacks them on the issue specifically. this is why these meetings are so important. this is why speaker paul ryan laying out an actual timeline matters. obamacare and repealing obamacare is the reason we won the house in 2010. big reason why we won in 2014. it still is yet a big reason why
vow to repeal and replace obamacare. congressional republicans met privately to hear from officials leading the efforts. still internal division over issues are slowing the process as lawmakers head home for a week long recess where angry voters are expected to demand answers. cnn s phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. reporter: miguel and alison, no question about it. republicans just haven t come together around the repeal and replace on this issue. there are real problems here. over the course of the last couple days, we have seen them start to work behind closed doors to try to get information out to members. some members want to move quickly. some would like to slow down. some are going home and are faced by town halls. this is why these meetings, these briefings are so important. this is why speaker paul ryan laying out an actual timeline
replace plan like they expected. they campaigned on this issue for multiple elections. over the course of the last few days, they have worked behind closed doors to get information out to members. some members want them to move quick quickly. here is what is important. members are now going home for recess where they are faced with town hall backlash. one liberal group attacking them on this issue specifically. this is why these meetings are so important. this is why speaker paul ryan laying out an actual timeline matters. obamacare and repealing obamacare is the reason we won the house in 2010. the big reason why we won in 2014. it is a big reason why we won the white house in 2016. we owe this to the conservatives around the country who elected us to repeal obamacare. reporter: there is no question about it. there is a long road ahead. the fact legislation will actually start moving the