They just need tax relief and this is taking a tax burden off their backs but the stimulating nature is well designed so for example, i was at a Manufacturing Company not long ago and my constituents in suburban chicago. The company said this. Peter, were going to invest 30 million in our plant next year if that Tax Bill Plans with full expensing as we proposed, were not going to spend 30 million. Were going to spend 50 million its that type of approach that were trying to create here which is why there was so much enthusiasm about it among republicans in the house. You havent seen this in a long long time. Maria well you have enthusiasm sure but not so much from those 13 republicans who voted no against the house bill. God bless them and if youre chasing everybody all the time in terms of a Roll Call Vote youll be waiting a long time. To get 227 House Republicans to agree on something as big as this is i think incredibly
significant and a good milestone but we still have good work to
Tucker carlson tonight. For the latest findings in that investigation we are joined by matt finn, who is in texas for us tonight. We have learned the shooter himself had three Gunshot Wounds to his body, including one to his head, which the Medical Examiner says was selfinflicted, so the shooter killed himself after his deadly rampage here at this texas church. Weve also learned that the shooter recently repurchased four guns. Authorities say all the sales were legal. If there is no information in databases that would have flagged the shooter, and that aligns with two pieces of information we learned today. If first, Academy Sporting Goods in san antonio, texas, released a statement saying it sold to guns to the shooter, one in 2015, and one in 2017, and that the shooter passed the National Criminal Background Check and that that Sporting Good store is not cooperating with law enforcement. Also, the u. S. Air force did not submit the criminal records to the fbi, as required by pentagon
Champagne down pennsylvania avenue. There are only two places where americas popping champagne; the white house and the corporate boardrooms including trump tower. The gop tax scam is about bleeding the middle class dry to pad the pockets of Corporate America and the wealthiest 1 . Paul joining the panel, Wall Street Journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and Mary Anastasia ogrady and Editorial Page writer kate odell. Why did they succeed on taxes when they failed on health care . Right. That is one question, because you would expect a failure to make it harder to succeed. But i think here the Health Care Failure really focused the minds for the gop that, for them, it was do or die for their majority in 2018 to get a tax bill passed. And it wasnt always clear they would choose do. [laughter] but also i think there was a rougher consensus on what a tax
something to behold from both directions. [laughter] paul some of its phony, i must say. [laughter] i
Why rob portman is hopeful. Mick mulvaney is warning. And steny hoyer is fighting mad. Theyre all here and only here. We begin with blake burman with the latest. Blake . Its clear here in the halls of the capitol as House Republicans mark up their bill and the senate will release their bill later this week. Theres a host of issues to work through. Earlier today, the club for growth, an influential Republican Group put out a note saying they have issues with four Different Things on the individual side of this House Republican plan. Here they are. Top tax bracket for millionaires with the possibility that those that make in the low Million Dollar range can see the top end taxed north of 45 . They take issue with a portion of passthrough profits would be taxed 25 . Growth. You had big deficits. It wasnt tax cuts that did it. Cuts create growth and growth creates revenues neil but you left out Ronald Reagan. I know. Deficits didnt grow with him. The first two years were high because we ph
Here. Everybody said you couldnt get that. Theyve been trying to get that passed for 40 years. We have great legislation. Have you heard the liars when they say trump didnt have legislation. I think we have more in the past seven months, i think we have more than even Harry Trueman o who , people treating their veterans badly or not harry truman. We can fire people who are doing their job badly or arent doing a good job. We also obtained historic increase in Defense Spending to prevent and deter conflict. We believe in peace through strength. Were building up our military
like never before. Thousand and thousand of Brave Americans have paid for our freedom and now its time to preserve and protect their legacy. Last night i laid out a vision for an honorable and enduring outcome in a tough place. A place where our country has failed, afghanistan. This is a place where terrorists are trained. You have people that are not exactly United States fans. Can i say that . I will tell you what w