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Listen to what he had to say. we just showed to the american public what we would settle for we not only offered it, we passed it. i have no idea what the democrats can do or what they are able to achieve. we cannot continue to spend in this manner and borrow as much as we are. the president could not sit back and think he cannot find any place to have savings. reporter: i was in a meeting with mccaccarthy s lieutenants. they have passed something nobody else has. they feel like they can wait and see what the white house is willing to offer watch this space they were interested in the work requirements that they were able to put in here on medicaid and other entitlement programs several of the top republicans, who have mccarthy s ear, feel like they can negotiate with the president and they harken back to gingrich with clinton on welfare reform if there s a parallel track or if there is a negotiation with
This is some sort of mean bill the senate has created. this bill is not too dissimilar from the standpoint of medicaid as to what republicans did with president clinton on welfare reform. that s something i was involved with 20 years ago. we took welfare, which was a federal entitledment, had been around for 50 years, and we made it into a block grant. it has been the most successful reform that we ve seen. and it worked. the states love it. the governments love it. that s the funding bill replacement, yeah. so this is a pattern we ve seen before. it worked. it works well. so i understand why dean heller, he s in a tough re-election and probably one of the guys you do let go and don t have to vote for, but the idea of transforming medicaid into a block grant is something they should be very excited about. paul? yeah, they should be. they should be excited. the president is exactly right. it is not just mean, it is savage. it is a tax cut bill.