Transcripts For CSPAN Newsmakers With Representative Hakeem

White house said we have an agreement to fix the dreamer problem, save these young undocumented immigrants from deportation and we will do something on Border Security. I was told that reporters on the hill were blindsided by this. Are you hearing anything from your republican colleagues . Rep. Jeffries to the extent that we had genuine bipartisan opportunities and moments in congress, that is what the American People want to see, the people i represent set me to washington to be part of the solution, not the problem. There should be a pause on the political process when it is time to govern. What we have seen over the last several years is the perpetual campaign playing out in washington, d. C. If we can arrive at a place where President Trump is willing to work with democrats in the house and senate to solve the problems of the American People, dealing with things like protecting the dreamers and getting the economy back on track and moving in a better direction, that would be a strong step forward for our country. It remains to be seen if donald trump could sustain it, but on the democratic side of the aisle, we are cautiously optimistic. The first eight months the approach being taken, scorched earth, was not working. My republican colleagues, there is agitation amongst the rank and file members in the republican conference. They came to washington, in many cases, believing they had the dominant position. They have the white house, the house, and the senate. On issue after issue there was failure. Clearly, trying to do things simply with a republican member of congress was not working for the country. Perhaps that is why we are in this early moment of bipartisanship. Cristina President Trump indicated any deal to grant these young dreamers deffered deportation would have some Border Security measure. What would that encapsulate for democrats that you could agree on . Rep. Jeffries to enhance our Border Security so we dont find ourselves in a situation 10 to 15 years from now where we have to deal with the problem of undocumented immigrants needing to find a pathway to citizenship, or operating under the shadows, or having to face mass deportation. If we are going to solve this problem with some degree of permanence, we have to in part deal with the Border Security issue. A wall is off the table. The president promised a wall that mexico would pay for. That is what he said to his supporters. It is clear that is not happening. You will see increased only the wall was never a good idea. It was sold to the American People under false pretenses that mexico would somehow pay for it. Most people who live in the border states will tell you it would not necessarily do anything to enhance the security of the United States of america. There are things we can explore appropriately to improve our electronic surveillance, enhance fencing, and increase resources for Border Security. Also working closer with some of the countries in the Central American northern triangle, which has experienced significant increases in violence over the last several years. That has resulted in a disproportionate number of immigrants, undocumented, flowing into this country through mexico. That is something we can look at. The last point i would make is that we have a 200mile border with mexico sorry. 2000mile border with mexico. Mexico has a 200mile border with guatemala. It is easier to secure that order than the 2000 mile border, which is two times as wide. Which is 10 times as wide. Working in cooperation with mexico could also be helpful in this regard. We need a comprehensive solution. Hopefully that is one that will be pursued. Heather there is confusion over what President Trump and the democrats agree to. On the tarmac when he was visiting florida he said we are not talking amnesty or citizenship. Nancy pelosi said we did talk citizenship. The democrats supported a bill that enshrines daca into law, but not a path of citizenship for the dreamers . Rep. Jeffries the dreamers are functionally american. They are in houses, universities, in the military, as first responders, teachers, integral parts of the community. Creating a pathway for these individuals, who were brought here at a very early age, the average age dreamers were brought to the United States of america by their parents or loved ones was six years old, to complete the process. Of course, that pathway should include making sure they are either in school or have a job. That they are contributing to the community in which they live. That they dont have any criminal record and wont present a danger to the community. The overwhelming majority are hardworking and lawabiding folks. They should be given a pathway to citizenship. Heather we do support a deal that did not include that, or is this your redline . Rep. Jeffries we have seen president after president get into trouble with articulating redlines. It is not responsible for me to do at the early stage of the negotiating process. I strongly believe we have to push as hard as possible for a pathway to citizenship, not legalization. Cristina you and your colleagues voted on a bill put force by Health Republicans making it easier to deport immigrants suspected of being gang members versus current statues that require a conviction before they could be deported. What does that set for the upcoming debate . Does that help young undocumented immigrants stay in the country while having an enforcement measure . Rep. Jeffries it is a dramatic overreach by the House Republican conference. The most irresponsible behavior taken place in this town relative to the immigration debate often emanates in the house of representatives and on the judiciary committee, which i have had the privilege of serving on with a few members who i will not mention by name. One of them is from iowa. We have seen this kind of red meat behavior. That bill is dead on arrival in the United States senate. The members of the house of representatives understand that. It is not responsible governing. It is irresponsible politicking. At the end of the day, donald trump is willing to be a responsible partner with Senate Democrats and House Democrats then we can arrive at a reasonable solution to deal with our immigration problem in america. Heather senator sanders introduced the medicare for all though. Anyone and everyone thinking of running for president as a democrat said Democratic Leaders have not endorsed the idea and it was not included in a better deal, a general outfit you are a part of. Where does the party go on health care . Is this a litmus test for you next year . How do frontrunners run with this bill that it might be hard to sell in their districts and might be hard to support . Rep. Jeffries a better deal economic agenda for the American People focused on better jobs and better future. Dealing with higher pay and lower cost tools for the 21st century economy. Under the lowercost umbrella, we do have to address health care and bringing down the cost of health care and prescription drugs for everyday americans. The initial economic agenda lays out ways that we can deal with the lowering the cost of prescription drugs. We have to tackle the Broader Health care dynamic moving forward. It was always understood that the first step we need to take is to kill the reckless effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. That is not where the American People were at. That is why we are at a place where we can hopefully have a responsible discussion on how we strengthen the Affordable Care act for everyday americans. As part of that discussion, medicare for all, something i have been to support and have been an original cosponsor, is something that should be discussed and debated. As we have known, as the president apparently found out a couple of months ago, health care is very complicated. As a result, i think we should not rule anything in, we should not rule anything out. Cristina even though the medicare for all bill is not Going Forward in the Republicancontrolled Congress and the entire party isnt rallying around it at this point, do you think personally the u. S. Could be headed towards a singlepayer system . Rep. Jeffries it is not clear to me the u. S. Is headed towards a singlepayer system. It is clear we need to get to a point where we provide every single american access with affordable, highquality health care. The Affordable Care act was a substantial step in that direction. We need to complete that mission. It started under harry truman and his fair deal proposal, which was designed to bring about universal health care. Every president since harry truman has attempted to deal with this problem. Barack obama took a substantial way towards addressing it with the Affordable Care act. Now we have to build upon it. Whether a public option should be something that is considered, particularly in counties across the country where we have seen some of the private insurance providers step out of the individual market maybe that is part of the equation. Ultimately, many think the best possible approach is universal Health Care Coverage through a medicare for alltype of legislative dynamic. Every single developed country in the world has some form of universal Health Care Coverage but the United States of america. What is the problem . This should not be something that is difficult to accomplish if we have the will to do it for our citizens. When senator sanders and john connors introduced legislation designed to bring that about it lays the foundation for a robust debate that will hopefully get us to a legislative solution sooner rather than later. Susan 10 minutes left. Heather lets talk a little tax reform. President trump met with top moderates and shocked people saying he doesnt want to decrease taxes on the wealthy. He might raise them a little. That seems to go against what Republican Leaders are crafting on the hill. He wants to do it bipartisan. Republicans on the hill seem to want to do this party line push. Do you think the tax reform happens . It hasnt happened in 30 years. Would you have to circumvent gop leaders on the hill to get it done . Rep. Jeffries we may have to circumvent the gop leaders. The only way that would happen is if we have donald trump saying this is the direction we need to go as a country and dragging republicans kicking and screaming along with him. The leadership in the house and senate, Mitch Mcconnell and Paul Ryan Paul ryan is a great guy is agree with him on almost disagree with him on almost every policy he has put forth. The leadership in the house and the senate want to jam a raw deal down the throats of the American People when it comes to socalled tax reform. They want primarily tax cuts for the wealthy and welloff to support the lifestyles of the rich and shameless, benefit special interests and corporations in a way that will leave behind working families, middleclass folks, and those who aspire to be a part of it. We are offering a better deal as democrats. We want tax cuts that benefit working families in the middle class. We want the tax code incentivize corporations to create goodpaying american jobs in this country that will allow people to provide a comfortable living for their families. That is the contrast. If donald trump is willing to find Common Ground with democrats in terms of our core approach, tax reform to benefit the majority of americans, not the privileged few, it should benefit working families, not the wealthy and welloff. Perhaps we can find Common Ground and arrive at a solution. Tip oneil and Ronald Reagan were able to do it in 1986. Perhaps donald trump and nancy pelosi can get it done in 20172018. Cristina what does that mean with the Corporate Tax rate . Rep. Jeffries president obama had put forth in his most recent budget a proposal that would have dropped of the Corporate Tax rate from the current level of 35 to 28 . Democrats recognize that there is room for lowering the Corporate Tax rate given that the rate on the books, not necessarily the rate the corporations pay, but the rate on the books, is higher than most of the developed world. Dropping it from 35 to 15 is unacceptable for most democrats. Certainly not acceptable for me. Because there is no evidence if you drop the Corporate Tax rate that the lions share of benefits will go to the American People. That actually is a big debate we need to have in this country. It used to be the case where many fortune 500 companies were concerned about consumers, concerned about their workers, concerned about their shareholders. We have seen a dramatic shift since 1980 into a place where a lot of corporations are more concerned about their shareholders and dividends, things of that nature, then the consumers or workers. That has resulted in a dynamic where, over the last 40 plus years, the productivity gains of the American Worker have not gone to the American Worker. Productivity has increased in the workforce by excess of 285 over the last 40 plus years. In the same time, wages have increased by less than 10 . Where are the productivity gains going . The privileged few. The corporations, the ceos, the shareholder class. That is not good for america. That is the concern with dropping the Corporate Tax rate so dramatically that it wont translate into any meaningful than if its for the American People. Cristina how realistic is to strike a bipartisan deal on tax reform or anything . As recently as a month ago members were calling for his impeachment after his handling of the events from charlottesville. There is pressure among the Party Faithful to oppose him at all cost. How much do you really think this will happen . Rep. Jeffries politics makes for strange bedfellows. We are in the politicking we are in the governing process. We were sent here democrats believe in the notion of aggressively representing the benefits of the people we serve and trying to get things done on their behalf. If donald trump is willing to move from the party of obstruction, what we saw over the past 8 years against barack obama, to trying to get something done on behalf of the American People, that is a good development. I maintain there is a difference between obstruction and resistance. We know that over the past 8 years, what republicans in the house and senate were determined to do was obstruct barack obama at every turn. House Republican Leadership went after when barack obama was inaugurated in 2009 said the pathway to majority is not saying no to every barack obama proposal, but saying hell no. Their words, not ours. We saw that follow obama throughout his 8 years. Of course, Mitch Mcconnell demonstrated his priorities to make barack obama a one term president , but thankfully he failed on that as he does in so many other endeavors. Resistance is to say we will oppose you when you are doing things in consistent with American Values that would hurt the people we represent. However, if you are willing to do things productively, constructively, and find Common Ground to improve the lives of people we serve, we can have a conversation that may yield something positive. Heather looking at the democratic caucus, republicans have made no secret that their main attack next year will be running ads against nancy pelosi and her out of touch San Francisco liberal values. That is what they repeat over and over. A lot of people say that that helped in the Georgia Special election. In georgia they ran ads like that. Do you think you can take back the house with pelosi as your leader . Rep. Jeffries we have done it once, we can do it again. We took the house back in 2006 under similar circumstances under an unpopular president and a donothing congress. We are in that situation now with a very unpopular president and a donothing congress. We know the republican playbook will be to demonize nancy pelosi, and perhaps they believe they have had some success in deeply red republican districts, but we cant use georgia 6 or south carolina, what happened in montana, even kansas, as representative examples of the Playing Field we will confront in 2018. Pair are 70 more competitive districts in play in 2018. Is win aed to do fraction of that, 24, to get back into the majority. The voters will be looking for who can deliver results. What we have seen is that nancy poulos he has been very legislators a master in trying to arrive at solutions for the American People. Close by asking you, is it helpful to have Border Security<\/a>. I was told that reporters on the hill were blindsided by this. Are you hearing anything from your republican colleagues . Rep. Jeffries to the extent that we had genuine bipartisan opportunities and moments in congress, that is what the American People<\/a> want to see, the people i represent set me to washington to be part of the solution, not the problem. There should be a pause on the political process when it is time to govern. What we have seen over the last several years is the perpetual campaign playing out in washington, d. C. If we can arrive at a place where President Trump<\/a> is willing to work with democrats in the house and senate to solve the problems of the American People<\/a>, dealing with things like protecting the dreamers and getting the economy back on track and moving in a better direction, that would be a strong step forward for our country. It remains to be seen if donald trump could sustain it, but on the democratic side of the aisle, we are cautiously optimistic. The first eight months the approach being taken, scorched earth, was not working. My republican colleagues, there is agitation amongst the rank and file members in the republican conference. They came to washington, in many cases, believing they had the dominant position. They have the white house, the house, and the senate. On issue after issue there was failure. Clearly, trying to do things simply with a republican member of congress was not working for the country. Perhaps that is why we are in this early moment of bipartisanship. Cristina President Trump<\/a> indicated any deal to grant these young dreamers deffered deportation would have some Border Security<\/a> measure. What would that encapsulate for democrats that you could agree on . Rep. Jeffries to enhance our Border Security<\/a> so we dont find ourselves in a situation 10 to 15 years from now where we have to deal with the problem of undocumented immigrants needing to find a pathway to citizenship, or operating under the shadows, or having to face mass deportation. If we are going to solve this problem with some degree of permanence, we have to in part deal with the Border Security<\/a> issue. A wall is off the table. The president promised a wall that mexico would pay for. That is what he said to his supporters. It is clear that is not happening. You will see increased only the wall was never a good idea. It was sold to the American People<\/a> under false pretenses that mexico would somehow pay for it. Most people who live in the border states will tell you it would not necessarily do anything to enhance the security of the United States<\/a> of america. There are things we can explore appropriately to improve our electronic surveillance, enhance fencing, and increase resources for Border Security<\/a>. Also working closer with some of the countries in the Central American<\/a> northern triangle, which has experienced significant increases in violence over the last several years. That has resulted in a disproportionate number of immigrants, undocumented, flowing into this country through mexico. That is something we can look at. The last point i would make is that we have a 200mile border with mexico sorry. 2000mile border with mexico. Mexico has a 200mile border with guatemala. It is easier to secure that order than the 2000 mile border, which is two times as wide. Which is 10 times as wide. Working in cooperation with mexico could also be helpful in this regard. We need a comprehensive solution. Hopefully that is one that will be pursued. Heather there is confusion over what President Trump<\/a> and the democrats agree to. On the tarmac when he was visiting florida he said we are not talking amnesty or citizenship. Nancy pelosi said we did talk citizenship. The democrats supported a bill that enshrines daca into law, but not a path of citizenship for the dreamers . Rep. Jeffries the dreamers are functionally american. They are in houses, universities, in the military, as first responders, teachers, integral parts of the community. Creating a pathway for these individuals, who were brought here at a very early age, the average age dreamers were brought to the United States<\/a> of america by their parents or loved ones was six years old, to complete the process. Of course, that pathway should include making sure they are either in school or have a job. That they are contributing to the community in which they live. That they dont have any criminal record and wont present a danger to the community. The overwhelming majority are hardworking and lawabiding folks. They should be given a pathway to citizenship. Heather we do support a deal that did not include that, or is this your redline . Rep. Jeffries we have seen president after president get into trouble with articulating redlines. It is not responsible for me to do at the early stage of the negotiating process. I strongly believe we have to push as hard as possible for a pathway to citizenship, not legalization. Cristina you and your colleagues voted on a bill put force by Health Republicans<\/a> making it easier to deport immigrants suspected of being gang members versus current statues that require a conviction before they could be deported. What does that set for the upcoming debate . Does that help young undocumented immigrants stay in the country while having an enforcement measure . Rep. Jeffries it is a dramatic overreach by the House Republican<\/a> conference. The most irresponsible behavior taken place in this town relative to the immigration debate often emanates in the house of representatives and on the judiciary committee, which i have had the privilege of serving on with a few members who i will not mention by name. One of them is from iowa. We have seen this kind of red meat behavior. That bill is dead on arrival in the United States<\/a> senate. The members of the house of representatives understand that. It is not responsible governing. It is irresponsible politicking. At the end of the day, donald trump is willing to be a responsible partner with Senate Democrats<\/a> and House Democrats<\/a> then we can arrive at a reasonable solution to deal with our immigration problem in america. Heather senator sanders introduced the medicare for all though. Anyone and everyone thinking of running for president as a democrat said Democratic Leaders<\/a> have not endorsed the idea and it was not included in a better deal, a general outfit you are a part of. Where does the party go on health care . Is this a litmus test for you next year . How do frontrunners run with this bill that it might be hard to sell in their districts and might be hard to support . Rep. Jeffries a better deal economic agenda for the American People<\/a> focused on better jobs and better future. Dealing with higher pay and lower cost tools for the 21st century economy. Under the lowercost umbrella, we do have to address health care and bringing down the cost of health care and prescription drugs for everyday americans. The initial economic agenda lays out ways that we can deal with the lowering the cost of prescription drugs. We have to tackle the Broader Health<\/a> care dynamic moving forward. It was always understood that the first step we need to take is to kill the reckless effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care<\/a> act. That is not where the American People<\/a> were at. That is why we are at a place where we can hopefully have a responsible discussion on how we strengthen the Affordable Care<\/a> act for everyday americans. As part of that discussion, medicare for all, something i have been to support and have been an original cosponsor, is something that should be discussed and debated. As we have known, as the president apparently found out a couple of months ago, health care is very complicated. As a result, i think we should not rule anything in, we should not rule anything out. Cristina even though the medicare for all bill is not Going Forward<\/a> in the Republicancontrolled Congress<\/a> and the entire party isnt rallying around it at this point, do you think personally the u. S. Could be headed towards a singlepayer system . Rep. Jeffries it is not clear to me the u. S. Is headed towards a singlepayer system. It is clear we need to get to a point where we provide every single american access with affordable, highquality health care. The Affordable Care<\/a> act was a substantial step in that direction. We need to complete that mission. It started under harry truman and his fair deal proposal, which was designed to bring about universal health care. Every president since harry truman has attempted to deal with this problem. Barack obama took a substantial way towards addressing it with the Affordable Care<\/a> act. Now we have to build upon it. Whether a public option should be something that is considered, particularly in counties across the country where we have seen some of the private insurance providers step out of the individual market maybe that is part of the equation. Ultimately, many think the best possible approach is universal Health Care Coverage<\/a> through a medicare for alltype of legislative dynamic. Every single developed country in the world has some form of universal Health Care Coverage<\/a> but the United States<\/a> of america. What is the problem . This should not be something that is difficult to accomplish if we have the will to do it for our citizens. When senator sanders and john connors introduced legislation designed to bring that about it lays the foundation for a robust debate that will hopefully get us to a legislative solution sooner rather than later. Susan 10 minutes left. Heather lets talk a little tax reform. President trump met with top moderates and shocked people saying he doesnt want to decrease taxes on the wealthy. He might raise them a little. That seems to go against what Republican Leaders<\/a> are crafting on the hill. He wants to do it bipartisan. Republicans on the hill seem to want to do this party line push. Do you think the tax reform happens . It hasnt happened in 30 years. Would you have to circumvent gop leaders on the hill to get it done . Rep. Jeffries we may have to circumvent the gop leaders. The only way that would happen is if we have donald trump saying this is the direction we need to go as a country and dragging republicans kicking and screaming along with him. The leadership in the house and senate, Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> and Paul Ryan Paul<\/a> ryan is a great guy is agree with him on almost disagree with him on almost every policy he has put forth. The leadership in the house and the senate want to jam a raw deal down the throats of the American People<\/a> when it comes to socalled tax reform. They want primarily tax cuts for the wealthy and welloff to support the lifestyles of the rich and shameless, benefit special interests and corporations in a way that will leave behind working families, middleclass folks, and those who aspire to be a part of it. We are offering a better deal as democrats. We want tax cuts that benefit working families in the middle class. We want the tax code incentivize corporations to create goodpaying american jobs in this country that will allow people to provide a comfortable living for their families. That is the contrast. If donald trump is willing to find Common Ground<\/a> with democrats in terms of our core approach, tax reform to benefit the majority of americans, not the privileged few, it should benefit working families, not the wealthy and welloff. Perhaps we can find Common Ground<\/a> and arrive at a solution. Tip oneil and Ronald Reagan<\/a> were able to do it in 1986. Perhaps donald trump and nancy pelosi can get it done in 20172018. Cristina what does that mean with the Corporate Tax<\/a> rate . Rep. Jeffries president obama had put forth in his most recent budget a proposal that would have dropped of the Corporate Tax<\/a> rate from the current level of 35 to 28 . Democrats recognize that there is room for lowering the Corporate Tax<\/a> rate given that the rate on the books, not necessarily the rate the corporations pay, but the rate on the books, is higher than most of the developed world. Dropping it from 35 to 15 is unacceptable for most democrats. Certainly not acceptable for me. Because there is no evidence if you drop the Corporate Tax<\/a> rate that the lions share of benefits will go to the American People<\/a>. That actually is a big debate we need to have in this country. It used to be the case where many fortune 500 companies were concerned about consumers, concerned about their workers, concerned about their shareholders. We have seen a dramatic shift since 1980 into a place where a lot of corporations are more concerned about their shareholders and dividends, things of that nature, then the consumers or workers. That has resulted in a dynamic where, over the last 40 plus years, the productivity gains of the American Worker<\/a> have not gone to the American Worker<\/a>. Productivity has increased in the workforce by excess of 285 over the last 40 plus years. In the same time, wages have increased by less than 10 . Where are the productivity gains going . The privileged few. The corporations, the ceos, the shareholder class. That is not good for america. That is the concern with dropping the Corporate Tax<\/a> rate so dramatically that it wont translate into any meaningful than if its for the American People<\/a>. Cristina how realistic is to strike a bipartisan deal on tax reform or anything . As recently as a month ago members were calling for his impeachment after his handling of the events from charlottesville. There is pressure among the Party Faithful<\/a> to oppose him at all cost. How much do you really think this will happen . Rep. Jeffries politics makes for strange bedfellows. We are in the politicking we are in the governing process. We were sent here democrats believe in the notion of aggressively representing the benefits of the people we serve and trying to get things done on their behalf. If donald trump is willing to move from the party of obstruction, what we saw over the past 8 years against barack obama, to trying to get something done on behalf of the American People<\/a>, that is a good development. I maintain there is a difference between obstruction and resistance. We know that over the past 8 years, what republicans in the house and senate were determined to do was obstruct barack obama at every turn. House Republican Leaders<\/a>hip went after when barack obama was inaugurated in 2009 said the pathway to majority is not saying no to every barack obama proposal, but saying hell no. Their words, not ours. We saw that follow obama throughout his 8 years. Of course, Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> demonstrated his priorities to make barack obama a one term president , but thankfully he failed on that as he does in so many other endeavors. Resistance is to say we will oppose you when you are doing things in consistent with American Values<\/a> that would hurt the people we represent. However, if you are willing to do things productively, constructively, and find Common Ground<\/a> to improve the lives of people we serve, we can have a conversation that may yield something positive. Heather looking at the democratic caucus, republicans have made no secret that their main attack next year will be running ads against nancy pelosi and her out of touch San Francisco<\/a> liberal values. That is what they repeat over and over. A lot of people say that that helped in the Georgia Special<\/a> election. In georgia they ran ads like that. Do you think you can take back the house with pelosi as your leader . Rep. Jeffries we have done it once, we can do it again. We took the house back in 2006 under similar circumstances under an unpopular president and a donothing congress. We are in that situation now with a very unpopular president and a donothing congress. We know the republican playbook will be to demonize nancy pelosi, and perhaps they believe they have had some success in deeply red republican districts, but we cant use georgia 6 or south carolina, what happened in montana, even kansas, as representative examples of the Playing Field<\/a> we will confront in 2018. Pair are 70 more competitive districts in play in 2018. Is win aed to do fraction of that, 24, to get back into the majority. The voters will be looking for who can deliver results. What we have seen is that nancy poulos he has been very legislators a master in trying to arrive at solutions for the American People<\/a>. Close by asking you, is it helpful to have Hillary Clinton<\/a> relitigating the last election through her book . I have Great Respect<\/a> for Hillary Clinton<\/a> as the United States<\/a> senator from new york, first lady and president ial candidate, but i think we have to be talking about the future, not the past. I understand the need to evaluate and express what happened. Forward, what we will utter waste tois create jobs, better wages, and a better future, and tools for the toy First Century<\/a> economy. I have respect for hillary focused but we will be uniformly on the future, not the past in the Houston Chronicle<\/a> caucus. Newsmakers is back. Night, once again President Trump<\/a> had democrat peters over to the white house. Blindsided, he republicans by announcing a deal on daca. What helps our viewers understand the evolving politics in this town and President Trump<\/a>s willingness to deal with chuck and fancy, as he refers to them and what this does to getting their agenda passed on capitol hill. Democrats are cautiously optimistic that maybe this is a chance for them to work with trump. They have been opposing him at every turn since he took office. There is a lot of distrust. They wouldnt get the full democratic caucus. And obamacare. By august, it had failed in the senate. The vehicle expires at the end of this month. This is an awfully ambitious goal to accomplish in two months. Given the divisions among republicans on how to pay for ,ax reform, and the specifics its not a clear way to do that. Thats a great question. Leaders looked at this, they made the deal to extend the debt ceiling until december. There were extraordinary measures. There was actually a debate that could go into march or depending on tax reform in april could go which wouldugust, have lawmakers voting on this before the midterms, which the republicans dont want to do. Right now, republicans are looking at it and seeing if they can line up the debt ceiling with a legislative fix for the dreamers, which is supposed to expire in march, too. If they could line them up together maybe they would have more leverage over democrats. But no one knows right now. The debt ceiling is an open question. Susan senator sanders medicare for all proposal. 16 senators were signing on. What is the potential for medicare for all and the Bernie Sanders<\/a> coalition in the democratic party. Ofthey have millions dollars. This is the first time sanders has been able to explain. This could lead to a huge tax increase for americans. There is still a strong attitude in this country of the citizens overg government control the Healthcare System<\/a> as you see a lot of european countries. So that something Bernie Sanders<\/a> has pushed the party in that direction. Susan thank you. Thank you for your questions. A life look at the marquis and the scene outside the Warner Theatre<\/a> in downtown washington. Tonight we will see Hillary Clinton<\/a> speaking about her 2016 president ial campaign and the election in her memoir what happened. First lady and president ial candidate will talk about talk with her bookstores coowner am a to have live coverage here at 7 00 on cspan. 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