welcome back to politicking i'm joined by peter kaufman and betsy mccoy in studio betsy let me just ask you very simple question what is in the senate. publican bill doesn't come you know yes let me point out the senate republican bill provides a reform of medicaid to slow future in the roman medicaid it does not repel thera away from twenty others claim in fact the bill includes a grandfather clause that protects anyone currently enrolled in medicaid no one will be quote thrown off medicaid as bernie sanders was apparently let me ask you this little bit about process senate well the republican party criticize the democratic party for passing obamacare in secret party line vote without letting the other side participate in the process and now it appears they're doing the very same thing will happen anyway to pass a bill that affects one sixth of the us economy tell you what's happening we have to pass a bill because obamacare is collapsing millions of people especially in states like iowa where all the insurers have pulled out face the prospect of not being able to buy coverage but is t

navy and is president presently an advisory board member for the that voice foundation and betsy mccoy a new york post columnist former lieutenant governor of new york and a senior fellow for the london center for policy research welcome thank you so let's talk politics let's talk georgia sixth district big huge raise the most expensive congressional race in u.s. history fifty million dollars spent by both sides you know combined so peter your guy he got twenty three million dollars he had a one hundred paid staffers he knocked on over half a million doors had eleven million dollars in t.v. ads and he lost what happened well to republican district republican candidate won by twenty six points last november so it was an uphill battle i think the lesson i take away as a democrat is that we need good candidates recruit can say why wasn't he a good candidate well he's a little young i don't know that he's done very much in public service i tend to be old fashioned i think you should go i don't think working on the hill counts but i think he does but maybe maybe do a little bit more maybe a

betsy mccoy, thanks for joining us. as it was originally written, was it something you could have supported or anything the senate members cap from coming to the floor were right in doing so. senate bill,the especially the medicaid. changes should be considered at this point? cracks -- >> i hope they will change the medicaid. enrollment is so large and the cost is so great that it is threatening the existence of the safety net and access to care who should be guaranteed health care under medicaid. democrat --ink the is that something they will negotiate on? >> unfortunately, the rhetoric suggests that the democrats are willing to discuss this issue. i'm shocked when i hear someone ore senator bernie sanders chuck schumer in mean bill. hillary clinton labeling death policy.the on many people should not be medicaid? -- let me point out that right now one out of every two women who give birth has medicaid pays for an half. 75 million people are currently enrolled and according to the congressional budget office, unless the

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and senior fellow and columnist for the "new york post," betsy mccoy.the point to me off camera that there aren'ting dynamics. explain to the viewer why you are worried that this could be closer. >> it's definitely a nail biter, and it's not a referendum on trump whether the republican wins or not. because this election district has changed enormously. and handel played up the fact that she is the hometown girl. but the voters don't care because a majority of voters didn't grow up in the district, they didn't even grow up in georgia. and a large percentage of them are asian and hispanic newcomers. she should have played to jobs and healthcare, instead of plailg up her -- playing up her hometown credentials. most of the voters simply don't care. trish: randy, you can see the headlines, if ossoff wins this thing the media will run with this. they want something on the horizon to think the traditional republicans will dessert donald trump. this is a special election. walk us through the differences between this election and why they should not be making th

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betsy mccoy, thanks for joining us. as it was originally written, was it something you could have supported or anything the senate members cap from coming to the floor were

fred barnes, betsy mccoy. great to have you both here.on a special investigation. americans want tax cuts and obamacare repeal. but the democratic party has decided to play the role of saboteurs. they are trying to bring down this government rather than allow the president to succeed with the very agenda he was elected to produce. lou: thedems are leading with a scorched earth policy. fred: it is and i think they are going to pay for it. the american people don't want a party that will just resist everything. they want to know what the democrats believe on this, if they do lieve in anything. >> that's the first time i have been accused of sounding like maxine watters. lou: it's preposterous that we are watching the senate intelligence committee. they look like complete idiots. there is no evidence of collusion. there is no evidence of obstruction of justice. it's almost impossible for the president of the united states to obstruct justice for christ sake. if they were, he could have pardoned. betsy: the "new york times" should have been p

let's bring in betsy mccoy. that was a shock. i'm not sure how many republicans are joining in on that. it's a major talking point. a handful of rich people. is that the way to win this from a public relations point of view? >> a lot of republicans believe it is. even the surcharge on families earning more than $250,000 a year is not removed. repeal of that odious tax will be part of tax reform in the second reconciliation bill it's a matter of where it's put. whether it's repealed in the first or second reconciliation bill. it's vital to get this economy jump-started. charles: the last five years it's been easy to say let's get rid of this thing. now it's not so simple after all. >> as you say, for 7 years the republicans were saying we are going to repeal it. i believe they voted 60 times to repeal it. if they fail to repeal and replace it in a plausible way, they will be almost dee finding themselves as a party which cannot govern. the investment tax, i was talking to a member of the republican leadership in the senate today.

coming up thursday morning, f m former new york lieutenant governor and donald trump supporter betsy mccoy on republican reform efforts, and then mississippi republican reformer about the efforts to repeal to a affordable health care act, and andy sla vit, a acting administrator to look at what the new health care legislation would affect health care, and also, senator holland on the health care vote. make sure that you watch washington journal week mornings and join the discussion. >>> next, senator tom cotton talks about the u.s. missile defense priorities, and following his remarks, a panel debate of missile technology and spend spending. this event was hosted by the national center of interest. >>> all right. why don't we get started since the time is short. good afternoon, everyone. i'm harry kazianis and i serve as the chairman of the national center for interest, and welcome to friends in the flesh as well as those joining us on faceok

coming up thursday morning, former new york lieutenant governor and donald trump supporter betsy mccoy on republican health care reform efforts. then, mississippi republican senator roger wick ert discusses -- wicker discusses the decision to delay the health care vote and where he stands on efforts to repeal the affordable health care act. and andy slavic looks at what the senate's health care legislation would mean for medicaid. also maryland democrat senator chris van hollen on the senate's decision to delay the health care vote. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on thursday morning, join the discussion. hes the senate legislation, health legislation, the a formal care act. now would be the best time to call. we have the best reporters on the topic. mary agnes carey and julie rovner are of kaiser health news . thank you for joining us.

to betsy mccoy, author of "beating obamacare", the first to seize on developments that didn't add up then, she joins us now. betsy, i heard this mainstream narrative and it was identical. identical. >> that's right. >> it's appalling. >> it's divisive at its height. this bill doesn't transfer wealth from the poor to the rich. it transfers money from the government to the economy where it's intended to boost jobs and land in the pockets of working people. that's the trump agenda. rewarding work. dignifying work. so repeals the job-killing employer mandates and repeals about $600 billion in job-killing taxes including the 3.8% surcharge on investments. the republican will be a booming economy. in many ways, this repeal bill is the beginning of the economic recovery. >> we can argue over the particulars and whether this will do that and deliver the goods, but i just found it shocking in a lot of very popular newspapers today to say republicans are to blame for the mess that is the healthcare now as if they created this. as things stand now, the problems are with the law itself exists. wh

supporter betsy mccoy on republican health care reform efforts. then, mississippi republican senator roger wick ert discusses -- wicker discusses the decision to delay the health care vote and where he stands on efforts to repeal the affordable health care act. and andy slavic looks at what the senate's health care legislation would mean for medicaid. also maryland democrat senator chris van hollen on the senate's decision to delay the health care vote. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on thursday morning, join the discussion. hes the senate legislation, health legislation, the a formal care act. now would be the best time to call. we have the best reporters on the topic. mary agnes carey and julie rovner are of kaiser health news . thank you for joining us. focusing on the congressional budget office report that has a big focus this week, the big numbers this week. bemillion people would without insurance from the senate plan. that is what the congressional budget office projects. explain how they, up with that

crystal ball, executive director of the people's house project and betsy mccoy, former lieutenant governorof new york. welcome to all of you. lieutenant governor, just first up to you, we played the sound. former, current intel chiefs all on the same page, yes, russia meddled. no one is stuttering over this, it seems, other than the white house. why is the white house not coming out and saying yes, definitively, russia did it. >> i think what the white house is concerned about is the hindsight fallacy, the innuendo that because the hacking occurred and then president trump won the election, that somehow he was involved in the hacking or illegitimately benefitted from the hacking. if mrs. clinton had won, i guess the question is, would people be saying president clinton, what was your role in encouraging or benefitting from this hacking. >> so you're saying the white house maybe feels like talking about it feels like they would undermine his victory? >> his legitimacy. exactly. >> but he won, and it's fact that they meddled so why doesn't he come out with it. >> that doesn't mean that the p

first, former new york lieutenant governor betsy mccoy, caughey, who-- mc wicker is robin expected tooin us. yesterday, the house armed a 696 .5committee package. here's a little bit from the debate yesterday. >> our president has said he does not have a conflict of interest so i'm going to ask my colleagues on the committee with a would call this situation to read the president decides to host a world leader at one of his resorts. u.s.requires hundreds of advanced teams are prepping the site weeks in advance. the president's refusal the bunch -- that sounds like a conflict of interest to me and this isn't just a hypothetical. abbe have already been to mar-a-lago. since february, i've been trying to figure out whether department of defense dollars are finding their way through the president's pockets. although we have not been answer, a definitive pentagon officials have not ruled out a possibility that the president is profiting off of taxpayer funds. -- if those payments would result in a net profit. for the last several hours, this one is not one of those and i would point out spen

joining us now, betsy mccoy, former new york lt.overnor, author of "beating obamacare", the word repeal occurs, repeatedly throughout this bill. it repeals the individual mandate. you will not be forced to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. it repeals the jobs killing employer mandate. so that hundreds of thousands of people who have been demoted to part-time status so their employer could avoid the mandate will now be able to work as many hours as they can. stuart: taxes. >> the most important of all. it repeals virtually all the obamacare taxes, including that insidious 3.8% investment tax surcharge and the so-called medicare payroll tax, the funds of which do not go to medicare at all. stuart: i think rand paul's main objection is to the subsidies and payments going to the insurance companies, they stay. >> yes, it is a new world here in terms of the public's expectation that people who buy in the individual market below a certain income level will get some sort of government assistance or tax break. that is true. stuart: and

coming up thursday morning, f m former new york lieutenant governor and donald trump supporter betsy mccoy on republican reform efforts, and then mississippi republican reformer about the efforts to repeal to a affordable health care act, and andy sla vit, a acting administrator to look at what the new health care legislation would affect health care, and also, senator holland on the health care vote. make sure that you watch washington journal week mornings and join the discussion. >>> next, senator tom cotton talks about the u.s. missile defense priorities, and following his remarks, a panel debate of missile technology and spend spending. this event was hosted by the national center of interest. >>> all right. why don't we get

former new york lieutenant governor and donald trump supporter betsy mccoy on the republican healthcare efforts. then roger wicker discusses the senate's decision to delay the healthcare vote and where he stands on efforts to repeal the affordable care act. former senators from medicaid centers looks at what the legislation would mean for medicaid. relevant democratic senator on the senate's decision to delay the healthcare vote. watch c-span's "washington journal", live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on thursday morning. joined the discussion >> immigration reporter was cq [roll call], one of the house bills deals with penalties against sanctuary cities. what are they and how would the bill affect them? >> there's no catchall definition of what makes a century city. is loosely defined as a local jurisdiction that has a policy that bars local cops from communicating and cooperated fully with federal immigration authorities when it comes to undocumented immigrants held in local jails. this bill would tighten the existing language to clarify that not only must local law enforcement communicate with