think what's interesting looking at this is the fact that we've got these these members of congress republican members of congress now lashing out at the president but these are not members who are running for reelection i think there's something for our viewers to keep in mind these are you know members of congress who have nothing to lose at the ballot box next go around let's take this story there beyond u.s. borders senator corker sits on the foreign relations committee he said today that leaders around the world know that the president is not telling the truth what can mr corker do in terms of foreign policy to limit donald trump's agenda well he is the chairman of the committee of foreign affairs and the senate and the congress has already shown in the past situations that they can decide without having the support of donald trump for example in the case of for russia they decided to impose sanctions against russia even though donald trump didn't want this so they do have an influence on foreign affairs and regarding that other countries for example of germany are looking for different p

these hit battleground republican house districts and members of congress, republicans who help these districts, one example which i have reported on earlier this year is why republicans have talked to me about how concerned they are about the political fallout of this. hillary clinton won in florida by 17 points. there are other battle grouped republicans in 2018 that are vulnerable that could get caught up in this. if the president doesn't figure out a way to work with his party to get to a point where they repeal and replace obamacare with something that people like, this squeezing of the insurance market and reducing of options and costs and the fact that things get less affordable unless they come around with a replacement is going to cause a world of mitt cal hurt. >> this is what's so interesting, chris, is that it may hurt some of the voters in the end. but he did run on this. and this is what he promised. this is what voters, so many of them, responded to. so it is this paradox. >> absolutely. he -- look, the guidestar for what most of what donald trump did is what did barack

president trump calling for the biggest tax overhaul since the '80s, with a key vote in congress, republicans are poised to release the much anticipated tax bill. >> anticipated by us at least. the details are only starting to trickle out of capitol hill. already generating some debate. let's start there. >> the house followed the senate's lead and passed a budget resolution by a narrow margin earlier this week, with these votes in place, republicans can now get a tax bill through with just 50 votes in the senate, effectively sidelining democrats. but the math behind tax cuts that would add $1.5 trillion over the next ten years to the national debt will be difficult. some republicans are already saying they need to close $4 trillion worth of loopholes to make things work for them. so slashing the taxes on businesses will need to be offset somehow as will eliminating the estate tax. both are pillars of president trump's tax plan. ali, we understand the argument for tax cuts for businesses, but at this point it seems like -- look at the stock market. look at their balance sheets. they're doing

in congress more, among republicans they trust trump more. oes that send to congress on who should be leading the charge on key stuff and getting stuff done? >> i think the shared responsibility, all the way around. president and congress with regard to what's not getting done. the surprising thing with that typically people trust the person you voted for. your local congressman and local senator. >> exactly. >> i hate congress, but but love my congressman. >> i met him at the fish fry or fourth of july parade and more confidence they understand what you need. those numbers are surprising. but i do think that as we saw yesterday, we had the president coming out there embracing mitch mcconnell who they've had the war of words but realizing he needs mitch mcconnell to get something done in congress. but at the same time showing his support for steve bannon who has declared virtually a war on the gop because he needs bannon and folks like eric's group to get the base riled up and the money in the coffers and the base riled up to go against the es

senator bob corker today went further than any elected republican member of congress has gone so far in questioning u.s. president dollar trumps fitness for office earlier today senator corker made the rounds on early morning television repeating his criticism of what he called mr trump's dismal performance he said the president's planned lunch and new with senators today was distracting and nothing more than a photo op was editor corker sits on the powerful foreign relations committee in the senate now earlier this month in a new york times interview he lashed out at the president's rhetoric over north korea saying that the president could lead the u.s. to ward war three when mr trump quickly retaliated on twitter which led senator corker to then send that infamous tweet comparing the trump white house to an adult daycare center you know here is part of what the senator said today upping the ante against the u.s. president. someone of this. mentality or any present united states is something that is i think the basing to our country and. you know it's. you know you would think he wo

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intelligence agency in america many many and most republican senators and republican members of congress republican and i'm a liberal democrat republican agree with every word i just said about what russia has done i'm trying so hard to play along i swear to you i'm not trying to be don i don't understand what if somebody were to pay an ad for black eyes matter n.f.l. boycott whatever it is so what if they would have by an ad that is on the news already how is the russian. story somehow worse deeper affecting people more. then the other story i'm hearing ten thousand times on ten thousand other platforms. syria's army is continuing the fight against terrorists in the city of result with the support of the russian after a mission update after the break. what holds if you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to express. yourself want to be rich. if you want to be this is what before you begin. to see all these people why. they should. welcome back remaining pockets of terrorist resistance in the syrian city of d i was aware pounded this week by government fo

intelligence agency in america many many and most republican senators and republican members of congress republican and i'm a liberal democrat republican agree with every word i just said about what russia has done i'm trying so hard to play along i swear to you i'm not trying to be don i don't understand what if somebody were to pay an ad for black eyes matter n.f.l. boycott whatever it is so what if they would have by an ad that is on the news already how is the russian. story somehow worse deeper affecting people more. then the other story of yuri ten thousand times on ten thousand other platforms. remaining pockets of terrorist resistance in the syrian city of g.r. is or were pounded this week by government forces on the ground and russian air power from above islamic state siege of the city was broken by the syrian army a month ago the terrorists that are left now are surrounded by both the syrian army and the u.s. backed kurdish forces are to travel to the city to witness the battle here's our correspondent with his report from the front line. food out palace once that is sort of most exclusi

intelligence agency in america many many and most republican senators and republican members of congress republican and i'm a liberal democrat republican agree with every word i just said about what russia has done i'm trying so hard to play along i swear to you i'm not trying to be don i don't understand what if somebody were to pay an ad for black eyes matter n.f.l. boycott whatever it is so what if they want to buy an ad that is on the new. already how is the russian. story somehow worse deeper affecting people more than the other story i'm hearing ten thousand times on ten thousand other platforms. ok back to our top story let's show you some live pictures now from barcelona i believe this is in the central square this is just outside on the main polling stations there so the polls have now closed as you see large numbers of people hanging around because they want to know what the result is they've been watching t.v. earlier they were listening to the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy they must have been through gritted teeth they were sort of talking about what there was. praising the effor

>> i mean, he's addition he's ignoring the fact that republicans control congress. if there's a bipartisan deal that's cut on health care, such an intractable issue like health care among some members to see a significant amount of republicans supporting that bipartisan deal, particularly in the house, that's going to be enormously difficult. because what democrats want in any sort of bipartisan deal is to essentially strengthen obamacare. that is not what republicans want. particularly republicans in the house. there is a bipartisan effort happening right now between lamar alexander and pattie murray that is probably the one avenue to actually get something through on a bipartisan basis. it was a narrow deal that they're looking at, dealing with these -- >> might get through the senate but can you get it through the house? >> i'm not convinced can you get that through the senate. a lot of republicans are skeptical in this the senate. i don't think there's a chance of getting this through in the house. what the president did by executive action is very risky because

intelligence agency in america many many and most republican senators and republican members of congress republican and i'm a liberal democrat republican agree with every word i just said about what russia has done i'm trying so hard to play along i swear to you i'm not trying to be don i don't understand what if somebody were to pay an ad for black eyes matter n.f.l. boycott whatever it is so what if they were to buy an ad that is on the news already how is the russian buyout story somehow worse deeper affecting people more than the other story i'm hearing ten thousand times on ten thousand other platforms. we're going to take a short break now but when we were turn it will go back to boston lona where a referendum on independence from spain is now under way with the civil gone to attempting to close a polling stations and made an increasingly violent situation there we have the latest. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate it's full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t am

playing out do you think in the republican party well the key thing republicans especially republicans in congress but across the united states are going to continue to be focused on is advancing the legislative agenda that republican voters elected a republican congress and president trying to pursue most notably in the coming days that's the legislation to in action if we can tax reform and whatever is going on in the white house should not stop congress from working on these important legislative goals i can see you know the white house going to charlie this should have caused a a moment of shock and horror and wondering who's next what's next could this be true but that still wouldn't stop congress from going about its work or frankly it shouldn't stop congress they have things to do they have to hold hearings they have to hold votes and it would be irresponsible of them to let events in the white house stop them from doing that thomas pickering you've been in this business for a long time i'm just wondering what you make of the developments that we've seen in the last twenty four hours what i

and conservatives, a lot of trump supporters who are independents are very frustrated at the republican congressng more frustrated at than failure of republican congress, these senators who lied about what they would do if they got majority, they are fit to be tied. lou: and one hopes he does not squander all of his attention on senate. and hopefully terns to the house -- turns to house. >> there is a lot of targets out there, i think for speaker ryan and leader mitch mcconnell, you know their political necks are on the line on this tax bill. it has to deliver on stimulating this economy. i hate to say, this is not going to be easy. lou: nothing is. in either the house or senate it seems, seems like it should be but has not proved to be, matt schlapp, good to have you here with us. and talk with us. >> thank you, sir. lou: vote in our poll, some any ceo whose extreme negligence betrays public trust be subjected to a massive fine, and company held responsibility to pay rhett trueinrestitution to ? as many as 145 million of them. cast your s vote on twitter. like me on facebook. instagram, at "lou

intelligence agency in america many many and most republican senators and republican members of congress republican and i'm a liberal democrat republican agree with every word i just said about what russia has done i'm trying so hard to play along i swear to you i'm not trying to be don i don't understand what if somebody were to pay an ad for black eyes matter n.f.l. boycott whatever it is so what if they were to buy an ad that is on the news already how is the russian buyout story somehow worse deeper affecting people more than the other story i'm hearing ten thousand times on ten thousand other platforms. well have more on our breaking news story as police continue to crack down on voters in house alone often a short break stay with us. in case you're new to the game this is how. the economy is built around corporation corporations from washington to washington the media the media the. voters elected the businessman to run this country business if. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. local blogs sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings polic

history, congress republican steve scalise shot in june at a congressional baseball practice still standsor an unlimited right to bear arms >> minority leader nancy pelosi wants it to be a slippery slope. she doesn't want to stop at bump stocks. they want to limit the rights of gun owners. >> reporter: long time gun control advocates will press on. >> how many events have to happen before we do something about it? >> i don't want to do anything that violates the constitution. but there are common sense things we can do if democrats and republicans come together to reduce this violence in our communities. >> reporter: the nra is calling for more reviews, not necessarily a ban of so-called bump stocks. which the vegas gunman used to make a semiautomatic weapon fire faster. >> we don't believe bans worked on anything. if something transfers a semiautomatic to function like automatic, it ought to be stocks, not congress. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> just in to the newsroom at 4:26, pictures of a woman and her mother who went to a family gathering this weekend and never returned

some reaction from republican members of congress. >> a republican rum laura tweeted out this -- from florida tweeted this out. kentucky saidrom this. among those who are opposing any new bands are the gun owners of america put they put out their own a statement. atf were approved by the during the obama frustration to help gunowners with disabilities. it would be a board by criminals and serve to disarm honest citizens. that is the gunowners of america, another gun rights group. the nra statement is getting a lot of attention. we want to hear from you. this is a call for additional regulations. we don't know what that means yet. the nra is calling or possible new regulations. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. good morning to you. , i think any regulation is just foolhardy. you can't regulate insanity. two thirds of the gun death according to a woman that wrote , two thirdsesterday of the casualties from gun are from suicide. legislate's kinds of wings away. you cannot legislate crazy people who want to kill a lot of people. away, there is always a way around these. i th

how does the republican budget proposals specifically set up the next steps for tax reform and congress? >> it does those gunktwo things. it moves through the senate in particular. republicans have the majority and it can also get off the floor passed with a straight up and down vote. it is unlike most legislation that has that 60 vote threshold. the budget, with the house and

the president is trying to act unilaterally, in part because the republicans in congress couldn't gethe job done. >> it's unbelievable, if you had said before trump came in the picture, rewind two years ago, said, republicans are going to win the congress and the white house, but they're not going to be able to repeal obamacare. they're not going to be able to come up with a substitute plan, you would find it hard to believe. and it kind of took donald trump to get us to this point. two quick things. one is on the question of what democrats are going to do. part of it is there could be kind of an intermediate fix. but if trump thinks the democrats are going to embrace one of these republican plans, democrats have to believe that plan is going to be less hurtful to most americans than the status quo, even after these changes. i think at this point, a lot of democrats still think the republican alternative plans are even worse. if you look at polling, there has been polling specifically on the question of whether voters want trump to maintain the exchanges, maintain the current system,

that people take the opportunity to look at the legislation and contactt their members of congress, republican and democrat alike can speak part of the bipartisan effort to find commoefforts to findcommon groud solutions. for many years, people were concerned that we didn't know what to do and i think that we need tore focus on the solution. the american people shouldn't be persuaded that they shouldn't exist but that wer need to give the leaders the political will to make sure the solutions get enacted. >> host: chief of policy programs and strategy for the group if she one. thanks for your time.

what's striking to me you have a republican congress, republican president, republican justice department it may take the republican congress suing the trump justice department to get the gag order released. that's just crazy that that's where we're at. if there is something there, you would expect the justice department to let this gag order go and allow this person to testify. >> melissa: i want to start with the most basic crazy part of this whole entire story. the original point of departure. in what world does it make sense for us to sell 20% of our uranium to russia? brad, right there you feel if somebody said that out loud today no matter who was in charge or who was trying to do it we would all say that sounds insane. why would we do that? to me there has to be more to this story or someone has to be compromised. brad, is that basic premise insane? >> no, it's mind-boggling to think we would voluntarily in a transaction receive money from the russians to give up 20% of our uranium. it doesn't make any sense. by the way, the f.b.i. has been investigating these russian actors for ye

they were republican members of congress. according to the report, the suspect 66-year-old james semi-automatic rifle and a .9-millimeter handgun during the ambush and fired 70 to 80

but even on that issue, there is debate over whether the republican-controlled congress should legislatehanges or if any new restriction should be made by federal regulators. a number of top republicans, including steve scalise of louisiana, whose life was nearly taken by a gunman at a baseball field in june, are calling for a review of bump stocks at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives scalise says anything else done on capitol hill would likely be a slippery slope that threatens americans second amendment right to bear arms. here are some numbers to consider. the las vegas shooting was the 273rd mass shooting of 2017. that's according to the nonprofit group, gun violence archive. defined as when four or more people were shot and/or killed in a single incident. another number. a recent university of washington study reported that the u.s. has more gun violence than most other prosperous countries. and a third, investigators say 12 of the 23 rifles recovered from the las vegas gunman were retrofitted with bump stocks. erica, that's where the debate stands. that's wher

party between the president republican president donald trump and the republican establishment in congress the republican establishment is very close to business but this is a deal the nafta the idea of killing nafta is anathema to business it would create chaos in a lot of american industries farming and particularly automobiles and they are dead set against ending nafta and you know who supports ending nafta labor unions who are not normally allies of many republicans so many say that that there are a lot of differences between a lots of members in congress and and donald trump on this is that the reason that justin trudeau said i'm just going to take it straight to to congress to see if i can get some allies and they're on my side exactly because he's likely to find a lot of allies in congress including republicans who have become increasingly critical of president trump and republicans who are very close to business and have very good relationships and often get a lot of money from u.s. businesses and particularly the chamber of commerce bill who else how is this i say there are other

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>> a republican congress will not impeach a republican president. >> let us squeeze in a couple more. >> you furthered the answer of that. what would be the stomach turner? a few parallels of the arrogance of the german aristocracy and they thought they could control hitler with the conservative republicans, and they thought they could have controlled trump. my question was what would be the stomach turner that would create -- >> what would separate the president from the party? inif they take a shellacking 2018 and they believed he was the cause or in the run-up to 2018, they believed he was a huge drag on them. and we do not know when the mueller report is coming out, before or after november 2018, but when republicans in congress see him as a liability, the problem right now is the base of the republican party is with donald trump. they are not with the republican leadership. i did a piece this week where a republican operative in north carolina said there was three parties in america. the trump party, the republican congressional party, and the democrats. and you saw that playing

>> a republican congress it is a republican president and they're not getting anything done. period. how can the president say i'm not to blame for any of that? >> the president can't escape blame going into the mid-terms. if we don't pass an agenda, we'll lose majorities. >> how can he stand up, have a press conference and say none is my fault? >> because he's donald trump. he's president trump. >> meaning he doesn't have to acknowledge reality? >> i think going into re-election to 2020, it wouldn't be an issue for him. it will hurt his majority and he's very smart in a lot of ways. takes eight steps ahead. you know this. your audience may not agree. in case they lose majorities he'll say it's their fault. not mine. >> say everyone is the problem, not me. not me that's the problem. why is that effective with donald trump's voters and why will it continue to be effective with his voters even if we have a congress the next three years that doesn't get anything done? >> reminded me to a point i wanted to say. thank you for this. do you know that mitch mcconnell and paul ryan ma

not necessarily to republicans in congress but only to him. nd one of the reasons that the republicans brought up yet another obamacare repeal effort is that when they went home over break all they heard was, why aren't you doing more to help donald trump? why aren't you doing more to fulfill your promises? that base of voters, however small it might be getting, it's still really, really strong. >> we'll take this group to the community hub and the texas union. thank you so much for joining us today. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017]

you can thank the republicans in congress for that. as they misrepresent what they are doing to the middle class, what they are doing is doing them, putting your homes -- they are limiting homesing.t your g yourre lootin cut togiving a biggs tax -- atgher and of society the same time committee are increasing the national debt. this element is transformative because the amount of money, that trillions of dollars in increase of that is very hard to come back from. and underident obama, president clinton, we came back from the deficit that existed when he they took office. we were either in balance or in surplus. when president bush left office, the deficit was $1.4 trillion. about ane talking enormous amount of money. the national debt increased by an enormous amount, in terms of the deficit, as opposed to the debt which increased by trillions of dollars. then we go to president obama, who again reverses that and now we come to president trump. , the budget, as we saw the other day, 80% of the advantage goes to the top 1%. who pays? the

laid out but more broadly, we have a republican in the white house, republican control of congress, republican majority of statehouses. explain to someone how the conservatism is lost. >> guest: i remember when we were in the position a few years ago we got to congress in 2001 and they had a conservative think tank in the 1990s and the institute was running the policy review. we knew each other then and we were elected and during the '90s the party was really animated by ideas. i still remember and i talk about it in the book. he had been leader of the majority leader and they had a book tour. they promoted it like a concert tour. i kept it as a reminder list of the principal. it was as no child left behind for the conservatives, think tank conservatives that was the intrusion into the local education an and that was an anathema to the conservatives and he said i feel like we are minutemen called up to the battlefront only to be told that the dilution is over. so there we were and we had to vote on the prescription drug benefits which added about $7 trillion of unfunded liabilities and didn't

>> a republican congress will not impeach a republican president. >> let us squeeze in a couple more. >> you furthered the answer of that. what would be the stomach turner? a few parallels of the arrogance of the german aristocracy and they thought they could control hitler with the conservative republicans, and they thought they could have controlled trump. my question was what would be the stomach turner that would create -- >> what would separate the president from the party? >> if they take a shellacking in 2018 and they believed he was the cause or in the run-up to 2018, they believed he was a huge drag on them. and we do not know when the mueller report is coming out, before or after november 2018, but when republicans in congress see him as a liability, the problem right now is the base of the republican party is with donald trump. they are not with the republican leadership. i did a piece this week where a republican operative in north carolina said there was three parties in america. the trump party, the republican congressional party, and the democrats. and you saw that play

happening right now a critical test of republican unity and a critical moment for a president and a congresso the tax overhaul that republicans have long promised. the house is voting right now to pass a budget plan, but maybe more importantly here, that vote allows for a fasttrack for any tax reform bill they would put together down the road and for republicans, already worried about next year's mid terms, a failure here could be fatal.

the first few months of the trump administration and the new republican government in congress. the relationship between the white house and the republicans in congress has gonl gotten worse. we've seen the fight between the president and senator bob corker. we've seen the relationship between mitch mcconnell and president trump become very very toxic. and you see a lot of rank and file republicans increasingly nervous and uneasy with some of the president's actions. so if the president is going to have any hope of passing any big sweeping legislative achievement that the republican party can run on in the midterm elections next year, he's going to have to start repairing these relationships. we're seeing that and he's trying to, you know, mix business and pleasure and have these social outings with some of these lawmakers. lindsey graham, twice a week he's playing golf with him. that's somebody with deep serious ideological policy differences with the president and he hat been shy about expressing those shoes both as a candidate against trump and as a senator in the last few mon

of the president's allies, notably steve bannon, to either primary some of the members of congress, republicans who aren't -- or drive them into retirement and replace them with more populist trump-friendly candidates. you could say the president is winning reshaping the republican party. some of the people opposing him are saying i don't want to run again and do this. the narrative has turned and it is a fair point. >> melissa: he is winning in that sense unless those people that leave are replaced by democrats or replaced by republicans who also won't work with him. so it is still yet to be seen how successful this strategy ultimately is but we may look back on it and say wow, this was a genius move. howard kurtz always a genius, thank you for coming on. >> jon: one of president trump's biggest campaign promises is taking shape. eight border wall designs ready for inspection and approval. which one might government officials sign off on? decades of speculation could be put to rest as classified files on jfk's assassination about the be released. will they bring answers for fuel more conspirac

a republican congress once impeached a president for far less., people in congress and his own administration know this president is a clear and present danger who is mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right. our country depends on it. >>> we're going to build a real wall. we'll build a wall that will works. we need the wall. it's imperative. i'm going to go out and look at them permanently. we'll pick the right one. >> president trump promised border wall with mexico may be closer to reality than you think. right now in the california desert, eight different border wall prototypes are nearing completion. so far the models have cost the government up to $500,000 each, and that's just for mock-ups. these are roughly 30x30 feet. part of the the border remains completely open with no word on who will pay for the actual wall. we sent msnbc's jacob soboroff to tijuana, mexico, across t

but this year seems to be a little hedging. >> i do think you see the momentum building in congress. republicansnize they need a win. on tax reform, something, reducing the size of the state potentially but putting more money in people's pockets on the corporate tax reform front. there is a sort of unity between we need to get something done and on this issue, it's probably the one where most going to agree with white house on. >> bret: is there momentum? >> there are certainly desire and acknowledgment they need to do something but tax reform is very difficult. that's why we haven't had it in more than two decades. if we are talking about middle-class tax cuts, if we are talking about a lot of candy and not any vegetables. tax cuts and no entitlement reforms. maybe that's something they could squeak through but the idea is it was supposed to be broad tax reform, simplifying the tax structure. that's a big, long debate. we are october 17. we have thanksgiving, christmas coming up. the calendar is ticking down. >> bret: charlie, are they going to have problems with deficit hawks on the hill? >> i

judge jeanine: if he can't, what should happen to mitch mcconnell. >> the republicans in congress willecide that. judge jeanine: everyday americans are frustrated with republican rinos. i want to move to something that personally infewer yates me. that's the issue of california -- that personally infuriates me. as if they are setting the tone, is now a sanctuary state. there is a requirement that bars police from asking an immigration status and bars police from participating in immigration roundups. what is that about? >> this is a slap in the face to every american victimized by immigrant crime. she lost her son in california. and she told me she was heartbroken today. her son dominic died at the hands of an illegal immigrant. judge jeanine: what happens since it's a sanctuary state now. jeff sessions said i'll not give you that grant money unless you comply with the requirements. and we are not asking you to do anything other than alert us. if we present you with a detainer you have to do this. >> you have to do this. this is an unconstitutional piece of legislation i expect to be c

voters who are beholden only to him, not necessarily to republicans in congress, but only to him. and one of the reasons that the republicans brought up yet another obamacare repeal effort is that when they went home over break, all they heard was "why aren't you doing more to help donald trump? why aren't you doing more to fulfill your promises?" that base of voters is still really, really strong. >> we will take this group to the community hub. thank you so much for joining us today. [applause] >> from colorado. can't thatkend a man on the floor of the 32nd day of the mandalay bay hotel in las vegas. he stockpiled hundreds of rounds of ammunition. bipods and scopes. on sunday he opened fire. firing for 15 he kept firing for 15 minutes. stopping only to reload and switch weapons. murdered 58 americans and injured more than 500. the day after the shooting, mr. president, i was in washington. i had seven or eight meetings, and not a single person in those meetings brought up the worst shooting in modern american history, not one. i'm not sure if it was two mass shootings ago or thre

you can think the republicans in congress for that. they misrepresent what they are doing to middle-class. what they are doing is looting them. looting your home. ripoff of the middle class. do you know why? there are some many people in the middle class. if you take some of their money multiplied by a certain amount of people you could give a tax the disparitying in our country. at the same time, you are increasing the national debt. becauseransformative the amount of money, the trillions of dollars that increase the debt is very hard to come back from. under president obama, we came back. under president clinton, we came back from the deficit that existed. his last budgets were either in balance or in surplus. office andush left the deficit was $1.4 trillion trillion. you are talking about an inordinate amount of money. $4 billion in terms of the debtit as opposed to the that would be increased by trillions of dollars. then we go to president obama who reverses that, and now we come to president trump. -- the piepie crust chart. who

amendment process, we will restore those basic fiscal guardrails that have served democraticp -- congresses and republican congresses. here's what i hope we look at. a series of ideas about tax reform. i won't go through them today. we should take into budget resolutions overly rosy assumptions. cbo says growth rates will be at 1.8% a year for the coming years. the president assumed pre-percent for the next seven years. i would love to see 3% for the next seven years. but note responsible business would predict those growth rates and make them into the resolution. the administration and congress should not try to claim that tax reform will pay for itself. term sugarthey short high that may result from attacks cut ends up long-term our debt, we have seen in the examples, the early 80's with president reagan, he had to come back and raise taxes in 1982 and 1984. went fromax cuts we surplus to enormous deficits, that just does not work. paying for tax cuts to death -- deficit spending, it is a really bad idea. i would challenge any of my colleagues to show me an example where a substantial tax that paid for

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