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The senate pass this bill with the repeal of obama of the individual mandate of obamacare. reporter: when i heard about this yesterday when this was about to break, myself and all of my colleagues up here made a bee line to three senators, john mccain, lisa murkowski, susan collins the three senators who sank the repeal and replace evident and the three senators that would be key whether this was going to be a major problem. senator john mccain said no. senator susan collins concerns but no outright no. senator murkowski concerns, but not outright rejection. that matters. that means senate republicans they re gauging the proposal, trying to see what can move forward. but they re not getting any outright noes which means the door is open. you talk about the $338 billion, it s what they do with it that they think can persuade members come on board. making the child tax credit to $2,000, reducing middle income rates a little bit here and there. that s adding some kind of additions to ....
We ll have to wait and see. and boy, are they well aware of that inside the republican leadership. fy, thank you so much for that great reporting. look, this is going back to the senate. this is incredibly risky but the republican leaders have their talking points ready to go and how they re trying to sell this which is lets start there. that s a big shift from the twice failed obamacare repeal bill. let s listen to james langford of oklahoma describe why they think this is important adding the individual mandate repeal to tax reform. clearly people around the country that are paying this fine that make less than $50,000 each year it s economics for them personally. they want to get rid of this. 81% of the people that pay this fine in my state make less than $50,000. they aren ten afford the insurance and can t afford the fine. they re looking for some way to get insurance and actually have it, not just have a fine and still have no insurance. ....
Million people their health insurance. now, to the left, the bill is now an unholy marriage. the death of obamacare ushered back in on the back of the tax breaks for the 1%. the top 1% in this country. to the right, it s a moon shot, a two for one played back by president trump an up hill legislative slog. let s listen to paul ryan, the house speaker last night trying to push the brakes on this idea a little. so obviously, we re in favor of repealing the individual mandate but didn t want to needlessly complicate the passage of tax reform given we didn t have the votes before to get this through the senate. we want to see the senate see if they can get that done and we ll discuss whether it s included at the end. cnn s phil mattingly is on capitol hill all over this, all the ins and outs and nitty gritty. first and foremost, what s the reaction and can republicans in ....
Welcome back. remember when president trump was trying to woo democrats to vote for the senate gop tax bill in well, i hope he s not holding his breath. at least not since he and senate republican leaders decided to add a repeal of the obamacare individual mandate to the tax bill. now, the individual mandate requires you at home to pay a fine if you don t buy health insurance. the main reason for this risky move is theirtach bill was projected to add to the deficit big-time. a deal breaker for some gop senators. repealing the individual mandate helps with the deficit to the tune of $338 billion. a nice chuchk of money you see at the box your screen but look at the top of the screen. congressional budget office also predicted repeal would cost 13 ....
Talk about. but i want to talk about the issues. china sends an envoy to north korea while north korea continues to hurl insults at president trump. can the president claim his victory on the asia trip? the president s trip as trips with chinese leaders tend to be largely ceremonial and symbolic. so we ll have to see where the trip overall leads. and third time s the charm. the senate republican tax reform bill is morphing into obamacare and trying to repeal it. the goal is to repeal an unpopular tax from an unworkable law in order to provide more tax relief to middle class families. this is not just another garden variety attack on the affordable care act. this is repeal of that law. ....