the point that some former obama staffers are going why would you allow president trump to get a win in the battle ground states in an election year? steve: well, when it goes to the astronaut, which will be next year. so it won t pass congress this year. brian: unless mitch mcconnell comes around on it. steve: he said yesterday he was not going to take it up before 2020. here s the thing there are a number of republican senators who have a problem swosm the organized labor components to it. nonetheless, gigantic win for donald trump. whether it happens this year or next year. there is a disconnect according to mollie hemingway. watch this. there is this huge disconnect between the impeachment messaging that remove this president immediately because is he such a threat and gave him such a win. also an issue clearly impeachment is happening not because it s genuinely popular because the base demands it. do this impeachment completely impotent because it s going nowhere in the senate a
the interesting thing is the perspective from the debate, this won t pass congress is it puts revenue on the table. not many republicans are willing to do that. democrats will go back to that and say even tom coburn is willing to do it. bret: the tax code is restretchtureed and close it down. the republicans haven t been opposed to that from the beginning. if there is a major change, they said they would close the loopholes. right from the perspective of the short-term production now it s difficult argument. they are willing to talk about it auz a separate discussion but they are focused on the cuts. i think tom coburn s message isn t a good one for most of the republicans right now who are very, very opposed to going anything against grover norquist americans for tax reform pledge. bret: you say it s too late to begin? maybe. bret: juan? it s difficult for republicans or democrats to look at the cuts seriously
say the testimony released today from the acting a.t.f. director nelson shows the justice department is actively withholding information and prohibiting people from telling the truth. in a letter today to attorney general eric holder the lawmakers warn him to stop stonewalling saying, it s not a fishing expedition. time for d.o.j. to get out of spin mode and in disclosure mode. nelson claims he wanted to meet with congress about fast and furious and that the d.o.j. said no. they were more interested in protecting the administration politically. it was frustrating, nelson said. it appears thoroughly to us the justice department is trying to figure out a way to push the information away from the it will call appointees at the department. this doesn t surprise a former judge and u.s. attorney who reviewed the fast and furious indictment. there is no way you can have an operation of this size and this magnitude and not have the highest levels of the
medical bills and she hopes congress will intervene. reporter: the new jersey representative cofound over of the congressional brain injury task force is asking to make treatment essential benefit under the patient protection and affordable care about. they will define the guidelines so brain-injured people can feel assured. that they are going to get proper care. reporter: the department of health and human services is considering the request telling fox h.h.s. will be engaging in a public process later this year to get broad input for the process of establishing essential benefits. until then, families like the beatties continue to fight in pennsylvania, laura ingle, fox news. bret: we will look at the latest attempt to solve the debt crisis including one republican senator s ambitious plan with the fox all-stars in a moment. hi, anne. how are you doing? hi, evelyn. i know it s been a difficult time since your mom passed away. yeah. i miss her a lot, but i m okay.
looking in to how to cut trillions more. mcconnell continues pressing for bolder change but is losing hope. the republicans are trying to persuade the president of the need for a course correction. but weeks of negotiations have shown his commitment to big government is simply too great to lead to the kind of long-term reforms we need. reporter: reid says lawmakers must find a solution. we ll stay in session every day, saturday and sunday until congress passes legislation to prevent the united states from defaulting on negotiation. reporter: in chicago, key ally expressed support for the mcconnell-reid plan. more work to be done. joint committee can tackle it but it s responsible way out of the crisis. reporter: lindsey graham favors constitutional amendment but there isn t enough support in the senate. we have the people behind us. 72% of the american people want balanced budget. reporter: the president called for shared sacrifice. i am still pushing for to us achiev