i think the democrats would have to do something. i think for conservatives to get together with the republicans, it is not that hard. forget about reconciliation. put in the bill phase one and phase three together. that will get the freedom calculation on board caucus on board instantly. tort reform, been waiting 50 years for tort reform. brett: put it all in one bill in the house. pass it out of the house. how do you get to 60 votes in the senate? then the democrats are going to have to think. do you want to kill this? i think it would have a lot of popularity. there are people out there who have suffered from tort reform. there are doctors who are quitting because there is no tort reform. it s just one item in this. it s a very important one. ocosts about half a trillion dollars a year. we have the most expensive system in the world. 17% of g.d.p. switzerland, i think, is the next with about 10. the gap is huge. and our medicine is the best in the worlds. but it s not twice as
very seriously and follow the law. bret? brett: doug mckelway live in maryland. doug, thank you. the keystone xl pipeline gets the green light from the trump administration reversing one of former president obama s most controversial environmental decisions and clearing the way for the 8 billion-dollar project to be completed. president trump made the announcement from the oval office today touting it as a great success. it s a great day for american jobs and historic moment for north america. and energy independence. this announcement is part of a new era of american energy policy that will lower costs for american families. and very significantly. reduce our dependents on foreign oil and create thousands of jobs right here in america. brett: environmentalists pledge to keep fighting the pipeline s construction. mixed day on wall street today. the dow lost 60 points. the s&p 500 lost 2. the nasdaq lost 11. for the week the dow was
with a filibuster. if that s where the country is, let it be that way and then the republicans at least will not have a political black eye. brett: kristin, the president said today not everyone understood how good our bill was. he said because you had this phase one, phase ii, and phase 3 which he said would have gotten to a good bill. this would have been a very complicated process. and i think part of the challenge was in that phase go 2 you would have had the executive branch doing the things it could do to tweak the regulations put into place by obama s health and human services department. but there had to be a level of trust there. people had to take the leap and say we ll vote for this bill, trusting that hhs will make awful these changes. that level of trust just wasn t there unfortunately to get those folks across the finish line and saying they were willing to vote for it. brett: get to you react to the on democrats. they own it, 100 percent own it. this is not a rep
of winners and a lot of losers and a lot of lobbying that they ought not venture into this. they have got to do their stuff before not like the perils of pauline at the last minute like they did on healthcare. brett: remember, have you 11 senate democrats up for re-election in states where donald trump won 82% or more of the counties in those states. so, going in to it, you would think that those states, particularly, are vulnerable for maybe some leverage on big things. it didn t happen on obamacare. weren t going to move democrats over on that repeal and replace. could it happen on tax reform? the problem is, and i agree with guy and charles to a degree on this which is you still have infighting with tax reform. if you reduce the corporate tax rate to 15%, what happens to the budget deficit? rand paul is not in lock step with paul ryan on this. and then some people say well, how progressive is it to go back to something that in a sense reagan originally proposed back in the day y
have to do something. i think for conservatives to get together with the republicans, it is not that hard. forget about reconciliation. put in the bill phase one and phase three together. that will get the freedom calculation on board caucus on board instantly. tort reform, been waiting 50 years for tort reform. brett: put it all in one bill in the house. pass it out of the house. how do you get to 60 votes in the senate? then the democrats are going to have to think. do you want to kill this? i think it would have a lot of popularity. there are people out there who have suffered from tort reform. there are doctors who are quitting because there is no tort reform. it s just one item in this. it s a very important one. ocosts about half a trillion dollars a year. we have the most expensive system in the world. 17% of g.d.p. switzerland, i think, is the next with about 10. the gap is huge. and our medicine is the best in the worlds. but it s not twice as good. i mean, there are pla