repeal the president s healthcare law, what he called his signature legislative achievement. republicans say they are fulfilling a campaign promise and doing what voters want them to do. democrats see it differently. moments ago we heard from congressman joseph crowley s the democrat s chief deputy whip. i think it s about time the republican party got that message. the people aren t focused on this issue right now. they like what they are hearing more and more about the healthcare bill as more of it goes into effect. it s a lost opportunity for the republican party to set the agenda on what they are going to do to improve jobs and the economy. jon: joining us now the deputy republican whip. he obviously represents the other side on this issue. congressman hensingling, you heard what your cal league had to say that people aren t focused on healthcare any more and they like what they are hearing about this bill. what is your response?
talk with house and senate leaders to figure out where they believe the law should be improved. jenna: have you invited them? has any of that conversation taken place? the president has made it clear that he s willing to sit down with house and senate leaders to talk about just about anything, including the affordable care act. he said yesterday, as you said at the beginning this segment that he s eager and willing to work on ways to improve the affordable care act. he s also made it clear that he s not willing to go back,ee not willing to accept any provisions that reduces coverage, that increases cost on people, that increases the deficit. these are things that matter to people and we are eager to move forward. the vote is tacking place today, and the house has to make a decision, make decisions on which votes occur up there, but, you know, it s notable that we are spending the day debating a repeal of the law that we know is not going to happen and not talking about jobs and how w
congress can still cut off funding to healthcare, and that would pull its roots out of the ground. that s what is being said. what is your reaction. the latest poll by the op has shown that almost three-quarters of america wants this bill to go forward. they may not like every aspect of it, they want to maybe improve it and i think the president has said that he s open to ideas to how to improve this measure. i know we in the house democratic caucus have always been open to try to improve this bill. jenna: where specifically, sir do you see opportunity for improvement and also compromise across the aisle. the issue of 1099, independent filers, that s an area in which we see common ground on with our republican colleagues. that s one example. whenever wherever there may be an opportunity to improve the bill we can do that. what would they like to take away, the right for people under 26 to be on their parents
we are waiting for a final vote in the house to repeal the president s overhaul of our healthcare delivery system. it s a big issue that eveninger skwraoeused voters from town hall meetings to the midterm elections. right now the house is going through the final procedures before today s repeal vote. carl cameron live on capitol hill for us right now. does this look like it s a forgone conclusion, carl. reporter: pretty much if you look at the election results of 2010 and the promises made up to that point, today s outcome shouldn t surprise anybody. the new republican house majority, perhaps with a handful of democratic votes will vote to repeal the healthcare act, and it s just not a one-step process. a short time ago the house speaker john boehner made reference to the second accept step, which begins tomorrow. listen to this. the congress can do better, in terms of replacing obamacare, with common-sense reforms that will bring down the cost of health insurance and expand access
a long road. this is own argument that we have, and will continue to make to the chinese and push them to do better. reporter: the chinese constitution provides for fundamental human rights including due process. as the state department notes, jenna these are often ignored in practice. jon: james rosen live outside the u.s. capitol business. thanks. jenna: back in march 2010 the president celebrating a hard fought legislative victory signing the healthcare bill into law. that was then and this is now. now the republicans hold the majority in the house, and today members will vote to repeal the healthcare law. we re taking a live look at the floor right now. this move is largely dismissed as a partisan stunt by democratic leaders and lawmakers. the president saying in a statement yesterday, this point that we wanted to share, quote, i m willing and eager to work with both democrats and republicans to improve the affordable care act. let s talk more about this with stephanie cutter an