in just a few minutes i will speak with congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania about the tax bill. >>> a defiant roy moore is telling support issers the battle is not over. he's asking for contributions to a fund to help him possible contest his loss in tuesday's election. >>> hollywood responding to a series of high profile cases of sexual misconduct. executives and major entertainment figures have establish aid commission on workplace equality. that group will be led by anita hill. >>> new attacks from the president against the fbi. this just moments before speaking at the agency's national academy graduation ceremony. >> it's a shame what's happened with the fbi. but we're going to rebuild the fbi. everybody. not me, everybody. the level of anger of what they have been witnessing is certainly very sad. >> let's bring in zelena maxwell for the clinton campaign now progressive program or for sirius xm. and joe watkins, aide to george w. bush, and michael steele, former adviser for jeb bush's campaign. good saturday morning to all three of you. attorney general jeff sessions provid

>> what senator jeff flake and congressman charlie dent are saying about the future of the republican parent and of the country. >>> adds trump's first year in office comes to a close -- >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. >> we have come to expect the unexpected. >> hey, i'm president. can you believe it? >> from this unprecedented president. >> we want to start winning again. >> our powerhouse "roundtable" take on the year in politics. what's fact? what's fiction? what matters? "this week." >>> good morning. and merry christmas. this week, the president's biggest legislative win yet. but behind all the back slaping and self-congratulations, it's an anxious time for republicans and to the white house. several year-end polls show the president's approval rating at or near his all-time low. and historically low for a first-year president. this, as the political landscape is set to change. with over two dozen republicans already saying they won't seek re-election to congress next year. but republicans are holding on to the tax bill as their ticket to success.

elise to you first, what do you make of charlie dent's comment? think congressman dent is dead on. i think republicans have to really look at 2018 knowing they are in a weak position. the energy is on the democratic side. just earlier this month the surprise upset in alabama, a democrat was elected to the u.s. senate in alabama, which is absolutely incredible, disregarding just how terrible the republican candidate was. so i think that, yes, the republicans definitely should be on edge about their prospects for holding the house in 2018. >> which means this question is begged to be asked, elise. if the gop loses the house, is the president at risk for impeachment or even then is that a bridge too far? >> i think absolutely he's at risk for impeachment if the democrats take over the house. i think he knows that and that's why he's said he wants to ramp up efforts to be helpful to republicans in 2018, although look at how his help turned out this year with candidates. he was far more of a detriment than an aide on the campaign trail. >> basil, on th

charlie dent is here. thank you for being with us. >> good to be here, as always. >> you are one of the republicans not seeking re-election next year. how much of a factor do you think donald trump plays overall in that number. >> in my case, i would say the president was a factor but not the factor for me deciding to leave. i had been thinking about leaving congress since 2013, and since the shutdown i thought it might be time to move on, and those are part of my reasons. we are in a challenging mid-term environment. the party and the president, typically loses 32 seats in a situation like this. of course, donald trump, you know, he complicates that because he's a polarizing figure, and i suspect our challenges will be even greater just because of that. >> challenges even greater because of the president than just because of what history has shown us. at the same time, you know, he's done some big things that have been big wins for his conservatives, tax reform, first time in three decades getting that do

charlie dent saying it would be an act of political malpractice after a successful tax reform to shut down the government. suzanne malveaux, you are there and you talked to these folks, and are they going to get it done? >> reporter: they hope so. this is one of the things they don't want to happen, and you can't imagine such a success and then a dark cloud over it. they started in earnest at 8:00 this morning, and then they are keeping the government going and the deadline looming. what may happen, if they have to kick the can down the road on some of the more important issues, it's a short temporary fix and a continuing resolution to fund the government until january 19th. here are some of the things holding up these processes. these are the things they are looking at. one of them is defense spending, whether or not military spending, the start and stop gaps if you will, many republicans believing that's weakening the u.s. security and that's not a good idea. house speaker, paul ryan, pushing forward and saying, look, just do what you have to do to keep that going. also, the disaste

jeff flake and charlie dent, arizona and pennsylvania are not utah, right?crats in pennsylvania and arizona to try and make hey of the fact that there's a rift inside the republican party. >> our latest poll on the 2018 midterms, which party are you likely to vote for, democrats 56% and republicans 38. that's a pretty big gap, isn't it? >> it's huge. historically, it's huge. we will see if the democrats can maintain that kind of sort of unprecedented edge throughout the entire election year, and one would imagine that could narrow. but even if that number was an eight-point gap, that would be significant for the democrats here. there's a wave coming and the question is is it going to be big enough for democrats to retain control of the house and senate ma skwrojorities. >> david chalian, good to talk to you. >> thank you. >>> "the good stuff" is next. well, like most of you, i just bought a house. -oh! -very nice. now i'm turning into my dad. i text in full sentences. i refer to every child as chief. this hat was free. what am i supposed to do, not wear it?

. >> both charlie dent and jeff flake came out. and dent was saying, we need to brace for the worst. we can lose the house. and jeff flake had really strong comments this sunday. take a listen to this. >> when you look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans sometimes, you look out there and you say, those are the spasms of a dying party. when you look at the lack of diversity, sometimes. and it depends on where you are, obviously. but by and large, we're appealing to older, white men. and there are just a limited number of them. and anger and resentment are not a governing philosophy. >> a.b., it's so interesting. when you hear these guys going offscript. the jeff flakes and charlie dent who are not doing that sort of , oh, you're such a wonderful president, from guys who are not retiring, but how is this going to work? >> they're obviously not going to be friends with donald trump in their final months in office. they've made that calculation and they're trying to do what they can to salvage what's left of the republica

congresswoman jackie speier, democrat from california, and congressman charlie dent, republican from pennsylvania, who plans to retire from congress at the end of this term. how would you assess this year from the standpoint of a democratic party that was shell shocked by trump's win, does not have a majority in either house of congress, but has mobilized its base quite intensity, mobilized public opinion quite effectively? >> i would say from the democratic perspective, we are optimistic and hopeful. i would also guard against feeling that somehow we're going to regain the majority. i think there's a lot of hard work ahead of us in the 2018 election cycle. >> congressman dent, will it be worth it when the history books are written to have cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, given what may also play out in history associating you and your colleagues and the republican party with whatever it is donald trump has done or does? >> i guess let me take the first part of that question. was it appropriate to take the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%? i would argue yes. our corporat

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congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania and senator jeff flake of arizona are both retiring in 2018 and both are on record as outspoken critics of the president. but over the weekend they sounded huge alarm bells about their party's future under the leadership of president trump. >> clearly, you know, republican -- my party, the republican party, is going to experience losses. it remains to be seen whether or not we'll lose the majority. i tell my colleagues, look, we're going to be running into a headwind. you'd better be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. but let's be prepared for the worst because this could be a tough year. >> what's the risk if the party continues in that direction, the bannon direction, the trump direction? that you could lose -- could you lose the senate? >> most definitely. most definitely. when you look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans sometimes, you look out there and you say, those are the spasms of a dying party. when you look at the lack of diversity sometimes. it depends on where you are obviously. but by and large, we're ap

in just a few minutes i will speak with congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania about the tax bill.oy moore is telling support issers the battle is not over. he's asking for contributions to a fund to help him possible contest his loss in tuesday's election. >>> hollywood responding to a series of hig

let's bring in charlie dent of pennsylvania. thank you for joining us this afternoon. let's start with your reaction to what your former colleague said there. do you think president trump is orchestrating these attacks while at the same time appearing to take the high road himself? >> well, sheinelle, i cannot say whether or not the president is orchestrating those attacks but i will tell you that i believe director mueller is a man of integrity, that he will conduct a thorough and fair investigation. i think some of my colleagues ought to let director mueller do this is work. i understand that people in the fbi as throughout the government have political opinions and biases and i think they should keep them to themselves. that said, the issue before us is did anybody who had a political bias, do they let that get in the way of their work. will they carry out their work thoroughly and fairly. and most fbi agents are professional, notwithstanding whatever political opinions they may have. there were two instances where biases were divulged and director mueller dealt wit

a bit earlier we had on republican congresswoman charlie dent of pennsylvania. he was talking about the tax deal. here's what he said about how he will be voting on tuesday. >> well, i'm still reviewing the bill. i voted for the bill as it passed out of the house, but so far i like most of what i see in this bill. the tax code is far too complex, it's over 70,000 pages long. over two-thirds of my constituents do not itemize, their standard deduction will be doubled and their rates will be lower. the child tax credit will be doubled from $1,000 to $2,000, so there are various things in this bill that i think are very important. so i think so far i like what i see. >> but, gabby, he so far likes what he sees so clearly it's not a firm yes yet, but are republicans out of the woods in terms of getting this deal passed or are there still some roadblocks they could run into? >> i think at this point there's a 99% chance that this bill will land on the president's desk next week, especially seeing now that senator corker has gotten behind this, which almost makes it lo

. >> congressman charlie dent says he's seen thing in his 7 terms that give him confidence that a shutdown can be avoided. >> there will be drama and chaos, yelling and screaming and then we'll avert a shutdown. reporter: there may be trouble brewing in the senate tonight for 8 $81 billion for victims of the wildfires and hurricanes. they needed a lot of democrat support to pass in the house and conservatives are weary of the package because tu new spending is not offset by cuts elsewhere. >> thanks. the u.s. senate just approved the continuing resolution. it will keep the government open until january 19th. it now goes to the president. the vote so far is 62-32 >>> with an historic win on tax cuts under his belt, president trump took time to celebrate the holidays with some of america's finest today. they're still on a victory lap. a signing ceremony could come tomorrow. chief white house correspondent john roberts has our report. reporter: greg, good evening. there is every indication that this is shapings up to be a very merry christmas for president trump with the expected signing tomo

joining us now is congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania. >> good to be here. >> great to have you.resident says about the russia investigation, i think it's bad for the country. the only thing that bothers me about timing, i think it's a very bad thing for the country because it makes the country look bad, very bad and puts the country in a very bad position, and so the sooner it's worked out the better for the country. but there is tremendous collusion with the russians and with the democratic party. do you think the investigations with mueller and the congressional ones are making the u.s. look bad? >> no, i don't. i believe the russia investigation, you know, speaks to our transparency in many ways. the russians meddled in our elections, and not only here but throughout the world, and it's important this be investigated by congress and director mueller. we have to let him do his work and let's see what he finds before we jump to conclusions. >> what did you think when your colleague, francis rooney of florida says this about the fbi and department of justice. >> i am very concer

charlie dent (r) appropriations committee:we need an agreement -- a bipartisan bicameral budget agreementat will not happen before friday. it will happen early in the new year. congressional aides expect members to stick around until late friday, to get everything done. in washington, i'm karin caifa. (vicki) just because the lights are back on doesn't mean everything is back to normal at atlanta's hartsfield- jackson airport. there were more than 11-hundred flight cancellations on sunday alone... and the effect rippled into today... stranded travelers were still sleeping on the floor today as the airlines are playing catchup... the problems started at about one in the afternoon sunday. a fire in an underground electrical plant took out the main power to the entire airport. the fire was so intense, it took out the back-up power supply as well. with no functioning computer systems, the f-a-a ordered a ground stop - no flights coming into or out of atlanta. and that began the domino effect - all over the world. for nearly eleven hours, travelers sat in the dark waiting for some sort of clea

charlie dent, republican congressman from pennsylvania, says we always have this trauma and chaos. the reason people are reluctant to vote for the 81 billion, especially among conservatives, is because they didn't anticipate this extra funding for disasters. you put that together with money they've already allocated, and it's $133 billion. >> doug: republicans in the senate have lost a senator. the slimmest of margins. what are the prospects for bipartisanship? >> you would think when you have a more narrow margin there would be bipartisanship. probably a good move for doug jones, the new democratic senator from alabama. he would think it's good for democrats who faced tougher elections in 2018. but it's an election year in 2018, and democrats want to turn the tax vote on the republicans. they are going to try to hoist them, run against them in high tax states, like in california. republicans voted yes. tax reform is not always an electoral lock. in 1982 after the reagan tax cuts, democrats picked up 26 seats in the house after they passed the big tax reform. in '86, democrats got

as senator jeff flake and charlie dent warning of trump's negative influence. >> look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans sometimes. you look out there and say those are the spasms of a dying party. when you look at the lack of diversity sometime. anger and resent m are not a governing philosophy. if we continue to go down that path i think you'll have a lot of people realize there's no future for them in this party. i no he a lot of them. certainly the president has been a factor. i've often said this administration at times has taken the fun out of dis function. i expect a certain amount but sometimes you can laugh at it but it's not so funny anymore. now the issue is loyalty to the man. to the president. the and for some, loyalty is not enough. you have to be angry and aggrieved. >> interesting stuff. flake said if trump finishes his term and faces reelection he will possibly face a republican challenge. he did not rule out himself in 20 thou 2020 although he added that's not in the plans. >> then a harsh christmas editorial. after backing hatch's last run, they said

. >>> as they prepare for their final year in congress, senator jeff flake and charlie dent discuss the state of the gop and views of president trump. watch this week here on abc 7. >>> now to the controversy rocking the miss america organization. top executives are take iing th fall. here's the story. >> resignations at the top of the miss america organization. ceo resigned saturday from the new jersey-based organization a day after he was suspended by the board. the president and ceo and chairman also departing. the resignations following the public e-mails sent in 2014 including sex issist comments about former contestants. 2013 miss america is the subject of multithe pl e e-mail, changes including things about her weight. >> having someone bully you, demean you, degrade you in any way is not okay. stand up for yourself because it does matter. >> reporter: hagan signed a petition calling the behavior by the board members despicable. he said he was under stress from a full year of attacks by two miss americas and made a mistake of words. the outgoing president apologized saturday sayi

congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania mentioned wouldn't that simply be the senate stripping out theill and sending it back as a clean stopgap measure and keep the government-funded? the senate be what does but so far they have done nothing. this would be our third offer. to have a negotiation you have to have a counter offer. if you think about something where you are bidding on an object or a contract or something and you say what about this price? no. what about this price? no. we need the senate to engage and say what they are actually for. and if this is what finally get them to do that that would be progress. kevin: you are a small business guy. businesses in your past. the democrats are saying the tax plan is only going to help rich people. what's your response to that? >> i would say it's going to help everyone that i can think of. we have run model after model and every income level benefits from this tax reform. someone in a family, household, married couple. effectively that is saying your first $24,000 of income the tax rate on that is zero dollars. and it goes from there

congressmen with harsh criticism of this president, nothing new we're hearing jeff flake criticize, but charlie dentg pointed comments about the future of the party. here are both on sunday. >> look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans sometimes. you look out there and say those are the spasms of a dying party. when you look at the lack of diversity sometimes. anger and resentment are not a governing philosophy. if we continue to go down on that path just to drill down on the base i think you'll have a lot of people realize there's no future for them in this party. >>> certainly the president has been a factor. i've often said this administration has taken the fun out of disfunction. you expect a certain amount and sometime it is you can laugh at it but it's not so funny anymore. the litmus test has changed. the issue is loyalty to the man, to the president. and for some, loyalty is not enough. you have to be angry and aggrieved. >> let's talk about that litmus test. how dangerous is it for the republican party to have a loyalty test on a man whose favorability ratings are in the mid to

we heard from charlie dents from pennsylvania talking about the future of the republican party.et's take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have to do a better job reaching out to less traditional constituencies for our party. we just haven't done as good a job with it. the under-50 crowd, we have to do a better job with it. reince priebus reaching out to other minority groups. >> help me with the definition of we there. we have to reach out. does the republican party know who we is yet? >> i would imagine the representative was referencing the republican national committee considering that was the organization well wear of this issue in 2012 after mitt romney's defeat. what has happened for the republican national committee, after taking self-reflection and inventory of how they were perceived by minullennials, bla voters, and they went behind donald trump, someone who has enjoying very low approval ratings amongst those demographics. so it's not really clear how they're going to get past the p perception that they don't have the best idea in mind when they did not back the

. >>> charlie dent who is retiring discusses the state of the gop and his view of president trump. dent is a moderate in the republican party. he supported the gop tax plan but opposed the president's push to repeal parts of the affordable care act. this week starts at 10:30. >> a family in delaware county rocked by a fire is back in their home just in time for christmas. the lane family's home went up in flames last january making matters worse the house was not insured and money was tight. the homeowner, tiffany lane, reached out to a former coworker for help. he led the charge to help the family renovate their home collecting donations including money and materials. tiffany says at time she had doubts they would ever be able to rebuild, but now she is very grateful for the wonderful people who have helped her and her family. >> it's an amazing feeling to have that security of having my kids back home and christmas dinner, we're going to open up christmas presents and start to get our life back. >> there are still repairs toeb done, but the lanes can rest easier knowing they have

. >> and i sit down with congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania. both politicians are retiring next year and giving their unfiltered take on president trump and the gop. >>> let's check the rest of the day's headlines. over to dr. ron claiborne. what's happening? >> dr. dan harris, thank you. mary. adrienne, robert. >> ronald. >> good morning to you. >>> in seattle, a federal judge lifted parts of trumps a travel ban. ordering the administration to look at immigration. the american civil liberties union and jewish service says the current ban prevents people from reuniting with family already legally living in the u.s. >>> in pennsylvania, the fbi and local authorities are trying to figure out why a native of egypt went on a shooting spree, targeting police officers in and around harrisburg friday. they're calling it a terror take. el-mofti was fatally shot by police. >>> four teens in ohio could face homicide charges after throwing a sandbag off of an overpass. that driver struck died saturday from injuries. the four boys just 13 and 14 years old

. >> i want to talk to you about what your republican colleague, charlie dent, said on msnbc yesterday. let's play it and then we'll talk about it. >> i suspect some allies of the president are perhaps trying to cast some doubt on the investigation so that when the findings are ultimately divulged and revealed, that might bring -- they think it might bring some taint to the overall process. i don't believe the president would be well-served by firing director mueller. i mean, that would set off quite a political firestorm, an earthquake, so to speak. >> so i want to talk about one day from today, 2018, if the democrats pretty much win back congress when it comes to that, is the party pretty much all set in your take as far as kbreechikbreech i impeaching the president? >> i'm one of six members of congress who have signed on to the five articles of impeachment. i think we should not abdicate our responsibilities as dually elected members of congress. there is an ongoing investigation that's more lepar. obviously, it will continue. and this new information that was revealed throws a buc

. >> that's when people are saying, wait a minute, we are back to this crisis here, charlie dent is a congress man from pennsylvania and he says we always have t this chaos right before they are trying to fund the government, there they go again. the reason people are reluctant to vote for that $81 billion, especially for the conservatives, they did not anticipate all this extra funding for disasters as recently as august. you put that together with money they've already allocated, that's $132 billion. >> doug: turning to the specific telmex and it specifically, their republicans lost a senator prevent one of the process for any kinds of bipartisanship when they return? >> you have a more narrow margin, there would be more bipartisanship. probably aar good move forward doug jones, who also thinks it's democrats who face tough reelections in 2018. jon tester of montana, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, joe manchin of west virginia. it's a lot election year in 2018 and democrats want to turn the tax vote on the republicans. they are going to hoist them on their own petard, run them in th

in terms of maybe pushing some republicans towards the retirement, you know, the exits here as charlie dentalked about his decision to retire. >> i would say the president was a factor but not the factor for me to try to leave. we are in a challenging term of environment. the president, he typically loses 32 seats in a midterm like this. so i think most of my colleagues are well aware of the historical challenges that we face. and donald trump complicates that because he's a very polarizing figure. so i suspect that our challenges will be even greater. >> i think that is true, but i think that is what you saw happen in 2017. you saw a lot of people saying, all right, i'm out, i'm not doing this again. this is not the congress i want to be in. this is not the race i want to run. i'm clearly not forthis right now. >> the chaos of this up age. >> right. the they yos chaos of this age. then they have established a different soap box for themselves, that's not fair, but a different platform to speak about themselves in a way unincumbered and to run against a backed primary challenger. but i thin

. >> one retiring republican charlie dent says that he has seen things in his seven terms that givesim confidence that a shutdown can be avoided. >> there will be a drama, chaos, yelling and screaming, and then we will avoid a shutdown. that is what happens. it should not be this >> there may be trouble brewing in the senate tonight for $81 billion work of government assistance for the victims of hurricanes and wildfires. in needed democratic support to pass in the house and conservatives are very wary of the package because of the $81 billion in new spending, if not offset by any cuts elsewher elsewhere. >> bret: and peter, because everybody wants to get out of town, the senate can speed it up, it could happen during the hour, right? >> it could happen within the next hour if so, but no such thing as a sure thing, bret. >> bret: peter doocy live on the hill, thank you. if stocks in the depository come that dow gains 56, the s&p 500 up to five, the nasdaq a head four. the white house was subdued one day after the big tax cut victory, but the president is expected to metaphorically sp

party, if there is one, in this case it's the president, are helpful, david, also in alex's piece, charlie dent noting that the president should be in his words very discreet and selective about where he campaigns. is that message, david, getting through at the white house? >> well, we'll see when we see the president's travel schedule next year. what's going to be really interesting, and this is obviously not the first time, we saw barack obama deal with this in 2010, his numbers weren't great and how democrats navigated using him or not in advance of the sort of blood bath they had there, the same thing with george w. bush in 2006, but donald trump is even lower right now, so how donald trump reacts to republicans who say, thanks, but no thanks, mr. president, is going to be a fascinating story line to watch in 2018. this is not a president who likes to be rebuffed. he has a sensitive ego about these things. so how -- watching him deal with how his party navigates his low numbers if they don't improve will be critical to how the trump political operation deals with 2018. >> it will be fascina

for more on this bring in republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania. great to see you.ks, kate. great to be with you. >> thank you. you said over the weekend that you like what you see in the final bill. are you a definite yes on this? >> i'm still reviewing the bill. it's obviously complex. what i do like, the fact that it brings the business tax code into the 21st century. it's long overdue that united states have a tax code that's competitive with the other major economies of the world. i do like the fact that for many americans, this will be simpler, that the standard deduction will be doubled and the rates will come down and an average family of four making about $73,000 a year will get a little over a $2,000 tax reduction. so that's good. the child tax credit is doubled and it's refundable up to $1400. there's things in here i do like. i think overall it has a very good chance of passing both the house and senate as i understand it. >> and one of the major driving forces behind this by republicans was to simplify the tax code as you mentioned. listen to paul ryan'

susan collins, charlie dent, but it's been a year of us watching republicans twist themselves in notes support precisely what the president has said or done in a certain situation but not coming down with wholesale criticism of their leader. >> i'm also writing a book about congress in the era of trump. i'm spending a lot of time thinking about this. if you look at the overall picture, i mean all these people are voting in line with the president. so if you ask people close to the president what they think of these criticisms, they say whatever. these are people casting their vote with the president time and time again, and they expect that he'll continue to do so. now, i want to put a caveat on that because we're going into a month that's going to be very, very bad for the president. you talked about this earlier. an immigration deal to fix dau daca. you have spending caps. they've talked about boosting spending caps for the entire government. conservatives will not be happy with that. you have obamacare legislation coming across the floor to bolster obamacare, something republicans h

pennsylvania congressman charlie dent is working his republican colleagues to be prepared for the worsts. jeff flake says some gop rallies are starting to look like the spasms of a dying party. this after democrats flipped a red seat in alabama. so let's bring in josh. thanks for joining us. >> merry christmas. good to be here. >> merry christmas to you as well. senator jeff flake told abc news, when you look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans, sometimes you say those are the spasms of a dying party. we're appealing too older white member and there's a limited number of them. what is your reaction? >> he has some evidence on his side. we've seen super charged democratic turnout in states from virginia to alabama and leading to the big upset in november with doug jones being elected to the senate. we've seen suburban and independent voters swinging away and supporting democratic candidates in the same states. the big x factor is whether republicans show up to the poll. many elections in the last year, republicans stayed home or didn't turn out as the numbers we expected th

i understand you'll have charlie dent on late here is one of those people easy to work with across lines. unfortunately, he's leaving the house. >> you have some time. you have time in the next year that leads to the next question. before 2018, is there anything you see, your party being able to work with donald trump on? any compromise you can make? >> i think infrastructure is the perfect opportunity for us to do that, and, of course, immigration reform as well. i was on the part of the gang of eight in 2013 that worked on comprehensive immigration reform. we can work on a bipartisan measure to do that, because we actually did it. there are plenty of opportunities to do that. this tax bill was bizarre, unlike the affordable care act, when we begged republicans to work with them, they wouldn't let us work on it with them. it's unfortunate. to have the sustained confidence of the american people and to build confidence in congress we have to do things in a bipartisan way. it can't be to the victor goes the spoils all the time. >> congressman yarmouth, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for