it's a pretty white male group , aside from cathy mcmorris rodgers. the republican conference is overwhelmingly white and overwhelmingly male. 21 women, a quarter of all the women in the house are republicans and 11 people of color. inside the house republican leadership, the house freedom caucus, a group of about 40 conservative republicans who differ a bit of an ideology and greatly when it comes to strategy is an all white and all-male group. when it comes to house democrats, minority party leader nancy pelosi was reelected as -- she's done this by being a fierce partisan, by bringing democrats together and by raising record amounts of money. she is an interesting example of gender and partisan dynamics inside the house of representatives. on the one hand, she sort of goes against conventional wisdom that women perhaps do a better job reaching across the aisle. there's no reaching across the aisle when it comes to minority party leader nancy pelosi. on the other hand, researchers have shown that she's done a take a good job of building consensus wi

member of gop leadership cathy mcmorris rodgers says they are united to simplify the tax rate and close. >> this is a once in a generation opportunity to relieve the american people of the tremendous tax burden they currently have. i'm thrilled the administration made this a top priority. this is our time to do it. >> reporter: the president is planning to make tax reform a top issue for his administration. hoping for a major win, if he can get his party to rally around his proposal. rick? rick: thank you, lauren. for more let's bring in evan siegfried, a republican strategist and author of "gop gps". and doug schoen, former adviser to president clinton and fox contributor. doug, first, i want to ask you guys about his priorities and what he's likely trying to accomplish in these next few days and weeks. taxes, health care, nafta and the wall. >> sure. rick: the president said there could be another vote on replacement for obamacare this week. is that too optimistic? >> i think the president is being a little too optimistic because i think the details are worked out. we've got a fragile