the step into. i think once he gets here, he s going to already have a national platform, he ll be given special attention in the senate sort of the way john mccain is, who was a party nominee in the past. and i think he s going to look for ways to pass trump himself. i think he is going to find ways to work with trump and agree where trump when there s agreement. paul ryan has made noises about potentially leaving, doesn t seem to be particularly happy in washington, doesn t seem to be necessarily a place where people who come from the older school, the republican party want to be, sam. why would romney want to do this? i don t know. he s not young, that s the thing, he looks very young, but he s not young, he s in his 70s and this is going to certainly be the last part of his career.
elections should not be a partisan issue. finally, senator, i have to ask you before you go, you voted against this budget deal. do you think that the republican party still has room for fiscal conservatives? i think it does have room for fiscal conservatives. but we are waving a flag. we have got to deal with a rising budget. five years ago we said deficits are going down. in 2017 they are going to start aggressively ticking up because some of the spending was actually put out into the future where we are seeing that now and plus there s been disaster relieve obviously well over $100 billion this year, disaster relief for major hurricanes and fires and such which is needed, but we ve also got to be able to deal with fiscal realities we have. this will be the hard part for us in the days ahead. spending more is not a problem in washington. spending less is the challenge. but for the future of the nation, we ve got to be able to do it and do it well in a bipartisan way. senator ja
i have been chosen by the people of indiana to stop reckless spending. i think the american people grew frustrated with run away federal spending and a tone deaf washington, d.c., really under both political parties. we have a great opportunity here to demonstrate that we are responding to what the american people clearly would like for us to do. cut the spending, cut the debt. get spending and debt under control. they were screaming out loud, stop the spending. i heard families tell me as they sat across the kitchen table they were struggling to keep their budget together. they said, why don t you all do that, too? every single one of the people you just saw who are still in elected office voted for the bill to increase spending. by the way, we haven t gotten to the president s $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan yet. that comes out tomorrow. joining me now is politico magazine s tim alberta. tim, you have spent a lot of time with one mr. boehner, the
colleagues were upset with them for forcing them to vote at 2:00 in the morning. he hooz a point. the massive tax cut will add $1.2 trillion to the debt. it is the same point they made when they were swept into power eight years ago in 2010. only in america are you ever given a second chance. i have been chosen by the people of indiana to stop reckless spending. i think the american people grew frustrated with run away federal spending and a tone deaf washington, d.c., really under both political parties. we have a great opportunity here to demonstrate that we are responding to what the american people clearly would like for us to do. cut the spending, cut the debt. get spending and debt under control. they were screaming out loud, stop the spending. i heard families tell me as they sat across the kitchen table they were struggling to keep their budget together. they said, why don t you all do that, too? every single one of the people you just saw who are
with the vice president, friend of the show, after he said he had just found out about the porter allegations. you often seem a little bit out of the loop on some of this major news. it s a great honor for me to serve as vice president. president trump has been incredibly generous for the opportunities he s giving me to serve. i m very grateful to that, but we ll leave those white house staffing matters for when we get back to washington. vice president mike pence always on message. skating. that was a great question. i think it says more about how much there ee s crises than mike pence s travel. but in serious, though, he does, and i have noticed how very aggressively behind the scenes people who support the vice president are quick to make sure that we are all aware that he is not part of this.