daines: mr. president, i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: i ask consent that the quorum call be suspended and to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, this week many things will happen in washington, but the focus of the senate chamber later on this week will be on the republican tax plan. it is a plan which has come upon us very quickly, in a matter of weeks, and it literally will affect the economy of the united states and virtually every taxpayer. there's hardly a measure we could entertain that has such broad and far-reaching impact on the future of this country and its economy. what we are trying to do now is to analyze this plan. it has been put on a fast schedule. i can guarantee you, as i stand here, that because of this hurry-up approach on the tax reform, when it is all said and done, if it is all enacted into law, w

>> we saw the interview with senator daines. he wants to vote yes.avid: he was very optimistic, right? >> sounds like he was in a room with 50 plus gop senators who want to vote yes. the white house, i think was very confident before this budget committee vote. ron johnson and gary corker who raised objections said yes, they want this to happen. while they're still arguing about details this, was a big signal to markets and everyone else the tax cut is going to happen. david: gary, the good thing about the negotiation right now is that they're negotiating on behalf of small business. i like that. i like the fact that they don't think enough has been done in this tax bill for small business? no small business is the engine -- >> small business is the engine of the economy. when you get behind them, set conditions for them to succeed, only good things happen and that's part of this whole thing and look, it is not just the fact that we're getting tax cuts. it looks like it is going to happen. it is completely ink changing the trajectory what we see for

johnson and daines say it doesn't go far enough. they've looking for changes i'm told are being made. this enyou can have what you can refer to as the deficit caucus. individuals who are very concerned how much this $1.5 trillion tax proposal will add to the deficit in the long-term. then senator susan collins of maine a making clear of the inclusion of the individual m n mandate, that's problematic. currently the taxes repealed in the senate bill. take a look at what the house bill has. the a compromise for property taxes capped at $10,000. aides tell me that's where they might end up in the end. then of course senator john mccain obviously the famous thumb us down that killed the health care bill. senate leaders don't know where he stands on this. clearly a deficit hawk but also has concerns about the process. here's kind of the bottom line. republican leaders need to move quickly and they need to add money for some senators as others raise deficit concerns. how they figure out a way to square those issues is going to be crucial a

you have steve daines and ron johnson, two holdouts. i think the leaders will be asking president trump to put some pressure on them to try to get the votes they need to get this bill done, which is their last budget -- best chance of a major accomplishment this year. host: walk us through where mitch mcconnell and john cornyn's strategy is now. guest: you have sort of three buckets of senators with different holdouts. you have ron johnson who wants bigger tax cuts for small business owners who pay taxes on their individual income tax. they want to get rid of the state and local tax deduction for corporations, which is a big deal if you are a company in new york or california, silicon valley, when you lose that big tax deduction, that would pay for the bigger tax cut. another group of senators are worried about the deficit, like bob corker. if he votes no, they cannot pass withnd he has been feuding donald trump so i do not know if president trump rallying bob corker will be successful. what some of the deficit hawks want is some kind o

so ron johnson and steve daines have the same concern, the so-called pass-through transfer transfers. >> there are negotiations on going to fix that issue to allow the pass-through companies to be treated the same as large corporations. the issue is that these two guys want to do something that would make the bill more expensive and at the same time as we just heard in the last segment, there are four or five republican senators that are concerned that the bill is too expensive as it stands now, that are concerned about the deficit. during what senator johnson and dane want will cost more money than you have four guys who are worried they cost too much now so that, every time you make a compromise to add something into the bill to get one or two more votes, you risk driving away something like bob corker jeff flake. >> jon: what's with jeff flake? he and his fellow arizona senator john mccain normally would be a shoe in as yes votes for any kind of republican tax reform. >> absolutely, and both of them are sort of on the fence. mccain hasn't been specific about his concerns prayed he

daines: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. daines: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination, executive calendar number 362. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of commerce, david j.redle of new york to be assistant secretary for communications. mr. daines: i ask that the senate vote, and if confirmed the motion be confirmed and laid upon the table, that no further motions be in order and any statements relating to the nomination be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. mr. daines: mr. president, that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with se

steve daines of montana, ron johnson of wisconsin.heir concern about the treatment of small business versus corporations. you have the deficit hawks, lankford, flake and corker who are concerned about what's going to happen to our deficit. are we going to match this with some spending restraint? you have others that are concerned about whether or not the mandate, susan collins concerned about the repeal of the individual mandate is included. but i sense that this is a process that is coming together where there are people narrowing their differences, or nobody is saying it's got to be my way or the highway. people are saying is there something we can do together about it. >> martha: kind of felt like that with the for the health care but too. and then we saw what happened. i think there are a lot of people who would like to see this happen who are concerned when they look at this and they wonder if -- the white house says if we want tax cuts and we want to make it easier for businesses, because we want to generate economic growth. tho

daines saying this in a statement. i want to see changes in the tax cut bill to assure main street businesses aren't put at a competitive disadvantage against large corporations. the president can only afford to lose two senators and vice president as a tiebreaker. he has six senator expressing concerns about the plan. all of them worried about blowing a big hole in the deficit. kol maine also opposed to repealing the individual mandate. cbo scoring puts the cost at 1.4 trillion over 10 years just below the mandated senate cap of 1.5 trillion. not a lot of wiggle room there to make adjustments. one hold-out who has come around to yes is kentucky senator rand paul saying he will vote for the bill. it could get voted out of committee later on this afternoon. maybe this evening. and could go to the full senate by maybe saturday if everything is set coming out of the committee. we'll see what the president can do between now and a vote in the committee to get this thing on the rail. >> sandra: rand paul says he is in. john

that won steve daines of montana but it could repel john mccain john mccain.e's had concerns about the tax cuts benefiting wealthier individuals. >> bret: we have details we will get into as the debate goes forward. thank you. next up, the fox news exclusive james rosen reporting on the trump dossier. just serve classy snacks and be a gracious host, no matter who shows up. do you like nuts? the market.redict but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. >> document requests for a long time and they've been stonewalling. speak of the battle is not just with house democrats. it's also with the department of justice. access to the information we need. >> we have asked since march to have this information. we sent subpoenas out in june, july, and august and they haven't been complied with. i think stonewalling would be putting it lightly. >> fox news exclusive, james rosen reporting about an internal house memo obtained by fox.

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>> senator daines and i are in constant contact. we are very unified in our position. we certainly need to close that asperity that doubled under the bill. it is still a huge concern, but i like the movement so far. i think senator corker was satisfied as well. the move is in the right direction, and we absolutely need pro-growth tax reform. >> neil: you mentioned on the onset, at first i heard you were a "no" vote, but a couple weeks ago i thought he had to do with the deficit. i know you are the deficit hawk. i did not expect a "no" vote as a result. you are concerned. by almost any measure in the next decade, are you that convinced that it will do the trick, and would you be open to this other idea expressed by her colleagues to build a tax increase if they don't measure up? >> that is the trigger. i am concerned if we do that, we have to target that properly. spread evenly, so it does not do economic harm. the best way to do that is make sure we have a really, really strong pro-growth package. one of the issues with the the h if we incentivize them, that would be a

reporter: if you keep score on all of this, you know, senator daines talking about 60 billion over 10 years that will help small business, keep in mind, that there is roughly $80 billion figure, the wig ghoul room that they have, to give and get to adjust this bill. anything over $80. 80 billion is a deal breaker. 60 billion is a big chunk they have to play with and they're still playing. back to you. cheryl: we're ready for the vote a rama to begin. reporter: yep. melissa: here is senator thom tillis from north carolina. >> we are going to pass motion to proceed and we're in the for the vote a rahmma. i believe the bill passes. we'll likely go to conference. we'll get the final product from the house and senate do one final vote before goes to the president es desk, i predict before christmas. melissa: we had breaking news a short time ago. "wall street journal" reporting that the corporate tax rate looks like could go to 22%, instead of 20. are you hearing that? >> those are proposals that have been suggested. one of the things, maybe that is paired with something that would move fo

senator daines as well. they are wild cards. >> johnson was not a wild card.ends of mine. i will talk to them directly. i will tell you, we are very careful in designing this with their help to ensure that the smaller companies, which are also given a substantial tax break and invest more in in thr company as increased productivity and other things that will happen if this gets passed. we are not trying to favorite bigger companies over smaller companies. in fact, we also have the ability to create more jobs and opportunity. i think it is clear that the numbers show. we just have to -- >> neil: every time i look at the tenure projection, i do not even know what i have for breakfast tomorrow. i get nervous, but the game that is played i understand. >> it is the way they do make it is played, and it is a 10-year budget. >> neil: how do you explain to folks, senators, and other people that hear what went into it for corporations permanent, but never individuals connect they come back and say, those republicans become a big business and rich guys. >> and, let's ma

david: senator steve daines of montana.oncerns of senator ron johnson, small businesses should get a big tax break as small corporations. can gop leaders unite to get tax reform done? senator beyond kennedy, member of the senate budget and senate judiciary committees. what do you think about senator daines now? he is suggesting as ron johnson did, that small businesses are not getting enough of a break. do you think he could be brought into the fold? >> yes. and let me tell you what is going on. this is a solid bill. could it be improved? sure. that is with we're in the process of doing. and we'll do right up until it is time to start voting. how can we make the bill better. but at some point, this week, i hope, we should have done it last week, but at same point this week, the music stops and we have got to vote. and what i say to my colleagues is. i think they're all good faith trying to make the bill better. david: right. >> but once we finish this process this week, if somebody votes against this bill, just because it d

senator daines: i appreciate your candor. i know this was incredibly difficult task you were involved in. i appreciate your efforts on that. you have been candid in this hearing today and that is refreshing, because we celebrate what we did right and learn from our mistakes to be ready for the future. what would be your assessment in puerto rico on a scale from one to 10 in your expert capacity as to fema's ability to meet the disaster. mr. long: we have a lot of work to do. i want to happen after-action. i want to figure out the grant funding that went to fema -- puerto rico. what did we get in return of that? i want to make sure the commodity capabilities are too small. how do we set up island territories to be more self-sufficient that does not require and massive mission to fly these things in? i will come back to change the way we do business in the future. i do not to go through this event again as much as anybody else. senator daines: i asked one to 10, and that may be tough. for the average per to reagan, rican,he ave

but would i push back on this idea that nors johnson and daines don't benefit under this, that's not the case. this is a good plan. every senator needs to step back and say does this bill leave people better off tomorrow than they were and the answer is absolutely yes. >> they are better off than they otherwise would be. to buy into the debt model is to bite cbo scoring model which has always been wrong. it's a time to ask give this the best we can do. charles: there is another element out there. that's that this hurts the middle class. that some of the different scorings out there show as you go further out, 2027, lower income folks and poor folks with a thanks increase. the 1%. is there any concern that. >> pact this even if the republicans aren't talking by the outwardly? >> i don't think it's going to. at the end of the day president trump prop is the middle class will have a thanks cut and we'll have better business growth. if we are able to hit 5% gdp, everything the media is talking about is budge because they are using liberal benchmarks in terms of what they perceive the goo

the latter worries senators ron johnson and steve daines.oth want bigger tax cuts for so called pass-through entities. they can be small businesses or larger firms with many employees, but all pay taxes through the individual tax rate, not the corporate rate. and now the senate bill allows pass-throughs to deduct 17.4% from the taxable income. there's a problem will. it means the highest earners pay more than the propose the 20% corporate rate. senator johnson says this favors corporations over small business. he wants to increase. the deficit is a difference between how much the government takes in and how much it spends, the current senate bill adds $1.4 trillion to the deficit over ten years. the gop says economic growth will eventually pay for all this. but senator bob corker among others worries that may not be the case. he wants to include a provision to raise taxes it revenue falls short. so far independent estimates show this bill does not hit the gop target growth. >>> the latest insensitive remark sup remark coming from president t

i don't know much about senator daines. what is interesting about him he is still unknown or a leaning and no. even after meeting with president trump. that means a lot. if you're coming out of a meeting with the president. man it sounds johnson and daines are united. on the pass-through income. they will probably be the argument upon why they are going to be a guess. they got drilling. with the reconciliation affiliation. how about this. it is interesting. the rest of the people who use it say that it goes away for individuals. is as i wiggle worm opportunity where they make corporations at least some for these people. do they want the company more like new york and california. or more like alabama and kansas. they don't go there and fill jobs. it's more than just a few farms. they call it new south for a reason. the opposition from some republicans is starting to pick up. they came against the personal side of this tax bill because of state and local tax deduction been wiped out. we are can i try to a quick commercial bre

i would be stunned if steve daines or james lankford votes against this bill. i guess it's possible but very unlikely. but corker, mccain, flake, these are people not friendly to donald trump but also people who have been very hawkish on deficit. i remember when john mccain was the nominee, talking again and again and again about how we are burdening our children and our grandchildren with this deficit. you know, i tend to think that those are the smaller group that are really going to matter. >> go ahead. >> it's the gop, remember? we can talk about what the debate is across both parties and then you have those numbers that the cbo is putting out, potentially carrying a lot more weight because chris was putting it in a different category than deficit. when you talk about gop ideology philosophy, what is cutting to the heart of where they feel sick in the pit of their stomachs, the deficit does matter to these people, especially those people on that short list. >> i remember all those conversations, chris cillizza in 2008. >> right? >> constantly about what you

ron johnson and people like daines are saying, you have to have more for small businesses here in order to do that coming you may bust through the senate budget cap of $1.5 trill. this is not a lot of wiggle room. over the course of the next couple of days comest before, but you will see is movement towards small businesses that may not come in the form of an absolute tax cut, but other measures as well. with the cbo estimate what they are, there is not a lot of room here. of course, you have people in high tax states complaining about house elimination of the local and state tax deductions, which may cause many people in the middle class to actually pay more taxes in those states. there is a lot of debate dealmaking yet to be done before this thing sees the light of day in the senate. then if it does pass the senate, it has to be reconciled with the house measure and then has to go back to both the house and the senate for a final vote before it gets to the president's desk. it is likely that the house may side with the senate bill more, because they know they have more problems get it

senator steve daines of montana became the second g.o.p. senator to oppose the bill, joining with ron johnson. most calling for the plan to do more to help small businesses. republicans can only lose two votes. while he remains optimistic a deal can be reached, senator daines it says this is why he is now. >> i've had very constructive and positive conversations with president trump, vice president pence, secretary mnuchin, gary cohen. these are constructive conversations looking at how we can solve some of the challenges we face right now to get our main street businesses growing and if we do that we create more jobs and higher wages. >> harris: he says he is i know but maybe he can get someplace, we will see. all of this as chuck schumer and nancy pelosi abruptly pulled out of a meeting with the president on funding the government. after president trump took a shot at them on twitter, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. the president said no deal and chuck schumer, wow, it is still happening behind you, there's a lot going on.

john mccain have and two other gop senators have just pulled their endorsement, mike lee and steve daines. for the moment alabama republicans are largely standing by moore. some even using the bible to explain his alleged sexual contact with a 14-year-old. today on sean hannity's radio show he called the allegations completely false but his recollection with dating teenage girls is raising some eye brauz. listen. >> do you remember dating girls that young at that time? >> not generally, no. if i did, you know, i'm not going to dispute anything, but i don't remember anything like that. >> would it be normal behavior back in those days for you to date a girl that's 17 or 18? >> no, not normal. >> you can say unequivocally you never dated anybody that was in their late teens like that when you were 32? >> it would have been out of my customary behavior. that's right. >> in other words, you don't recall ever dating any girl that young when you were that old? >> i've said no. >> well, moore also denied knowing the accuser or ever meeting her and said that somebody who abuses a 14-year-old shou

. >> reporter: after moore's radio interview with sean hannity, senators mike lee and steve daines, rescinded their endorsements and the republican senate campaign committee stopped raising money for him. but voters seem skeptical about why it took so long for the women to come forward. >> i think it's-- i think it's all made up. i think it's a farce. >> reporter: a lawyer for one of the accusers says the women are speaking out now because "the washington post" finally showed up at their doors and asked them to tell when he did to them. it's too late to take moore's name off the ballot. but republicans could try to run someone else as a write-in candidate. the governor says she has no plans to move the date of the special election. reena. >> ninan: paula reid. thank you very much, paula. accusations of sexual misconduct keep piling up in hollywood. carter evans is following this. >> reporter: academy award-winning actor richard dreyfuss is the latest to be accused. writer jessica teich told "new york" magazine that he exposed himself while they were in a studio trailer in the 80s. the actor d

gop leaders can only afford to lose two votes and right now steve dains and michigan is not on boardause they believe the bill

gop leaders can only afford to lose two votes and right now steve dains and michigan is not on board because they believe the bill over small business. the senate version of the tax reform bill will cut the us tax corporate from 24 to 35 percent and repeal the affordable care acts original mandate. let's get right to fox5 tom fitzgerald live on the hill. we know there was a loft back and forth especially with the president and the democrats. that's true, republicans cleared a big hurdle on this tax bill. they were able to get it out of the senate budget committee. that sends it on to the floor of the national as you just detailed it is not quite clear how that is going to go at this point as the vote counts go. overhanging all of this today was this question about the government shutdown. understand on december 8, unless they pass a new continuing resolution, they are going to have to shutdown the government today and part of what the president was going to do up here on the hill was going to be meeting with democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck nobody is ever going to confuse th

ron johnson and steve daines say on the bill.ins has been trending in the direction of no, in large part because of the mixing of health care policy with this tax bill. there he is other concerns -- various other concerns on the $1.5 trillion in red ink over the first decade. corker said he will not vote yes if there is a single penny of new deficit added. they have a long way to go in appeasing the deficit hawks. if they do that, i think they are in pretty good shape. scarlet: they have a pretty long list of things to take care of by the end of the week. sahil from capitol hill. julia: "what'd you miss?" the power play over who will lead the consumer credit -- consumer financial protection bureau. the departing director and the white house have both named interim chiefs of the consumer watchdog agency. the case will be decided by federal judge timothy kelly, who was appointed by federal -- by president trump. our chief washington correspondent is standing by, kevin cirilli. take it away. kevin: we are joined by senator elizabeth

. >> what you are seeing is these frantic fixes to try and get bob collins, steve daines, and other criticalwing members on board. every hour of every day that changes. having been in these rooms, it is tough. once you go in one direction, something pops out the other side. paul, butenator rand you almost lost senator collins. get youade-offs can members and losing members. -- lose you members. you have to get to 50. watching members who are quiet would worry me, like john mccain. shery: they could come on last minute with a "no" vote. where are the democrats in office? -- in all this? do they have any influence? they were waiting for a moment when the president would reach out to them -- >> which didn't work out. scott: democrats are waiting for a bill they think is more tilted toward the middle class. they are looking for things like , rather thanest pieces of the bill they feel are tilted toward the wealthy and corporations. there have not been a town of overtures in their direction. overtures in their direction. david: john mccain is a special case. his big issue is procedural. he wants

getting reluctant republicans to move to the yes column from susan colins and bob corker to center daines saying they can provide more jobs in manhattan and across the country. that was after direct conversations with the president. but with little margin for error there's still concerns on mccain who voted against the bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. he said it was skewed to the rich and he's been a thorn in the president's side saying the russia probe is reaching the scale of watergate when mr. trump said he preferred war heroes who weren't captured and mccain shortly after brain cancer surgery gave a thumb's down to a bill that would have repealed obama care after the president lobbied him by phone. mccain telling esquire, quote, i don't approve of the way he's conducting his presidency and saying i don't think there were doubts about his views to me but i'm a loyal republican. and he think mccain and other wavering republicans will come on board. >> it's complicated stuff. it's not so easy but we had an incredible session. i said can we do the vote today. i'm a business guy. they said

>> thank you, senator daines. i guess i harken back to my time was brought up by the good senator from nevada about serving as state director in utah where we too there built great populations of large deer, elk, moose, and conversely had energy development within many of those same areas. you've seen that both in colorado and montana as has been pointed out. these efforts to go into these fragile landscapes can be done. they can be done successfully. yes, do our employees have concerns about doing this in a very careful manner? certainly they do. but we have wildlife challenges throughout america that we are challenged with every day. not only the federal u.s. fish and wildlife services but among all of the states. and as we look at all the challenges that exist in america, whether that's oil and gas development, wind energy, solar, and all the other opportunities there that are there for developing energy, all of those have impacts on wildli wildlife resources and fish resources. i'll say this, if this congress

senators john finn in daines worried about small business.weets as opposed to a real shift in the basic makeup of the package. therefore, seems to me what they want can be accommodated not easily, but it can be done. what you say? >> totally agree with that. this bill was scored as if our gross domestic product would only grow by 1.9% over 10 years. we've heard he had two quarters of over 3% growth projected to have another 3% growth next quarter if we just raise growth to 2.4, 2.5%, the increase growth of our economy with more tax revenue pays for itself. i think people become aware of that, more comfortable with it, concerns will be addressed. stuart: i have to go back to something i've been saying for a long time. i just can't believe the republican party at the very last minute would say no to a tax-cut package like this. i can't believe republicans would say no. >> it isn't just because it's the republican party tax guide. it's because middle income families do better. it's because we set the stage for more economic growth. that is the r

steve daines of montana said he could not support the bill in current form. he's the second republican senator to oppose the measure. according to a new report, the senate tax plan would increase the deficit of $1.4 trillion over the next decade and analysts found low income americans would take a bigger hit than first expected. however, those earning $100,000 to skip $500,000 a year would benefit significantly. senate republicans hope to vote as early as this week and can't afford to lose any more votes. >> opponents of the gas tax in california are starting a campaign to get it repealed. the $0.12 increase was approved by lawmakers and signed by governor brown. the money should go to repairs and maintenance of state highways and local streets and roads. transportation experts said there is a $132 billion backlog in needed repairs but skeptics don't want to pay extra. >> this is an uprising of californians of every stripe and political persuasion and every single demographic. they all know the politicians are lying to us. >> organizers need 584,000 valid sig

senator steve daines and michael lee rescinded their endorsements.ama, a handful of republican lawmakers are sticking with moore. including state representative ed henry. he told a local newspaper that the women should be prosecuted if they thought moore was predatory and allowed him to exist for 40 years. moore reminded his supporters at saturday's event that the senate race in alabama could have far-reaching implications and upcoming contests in 2018. >> it may determine the future of our country. my opponent is 11 points behind. that came out days before this article came out. they are desperate. >> reporter: moore said the people of alabama will see through the charade. alabama voters head to the polls in the special election next month. >>> star trek and internet icon george decay took to twitter today to deny he ever knew the former male model now accusing him of sexual assault. scott l broughton told the holy would -- hollywood reporter that to k groped him back in 1981. to k who is night -- denied allegations on twitter. he said the events he

i'm dain in perino and this is "the daily briefing."ut at cbs news after "the washington post" reported eight women accused him of unwanted sexual advances. this after variety reported that "the new york times" had suspended glenn rush after accusations by four women. buzz feed is reporting michigan congressman john conyers secretly settled a wrongful termination complaint by a former staffer who said she was fired for refusing his sexual

then you move over to steve daines and johnson, pass through income, business entities that pass throughe individual side. pay that tax rate. getting a big cut. that cut has been expanded from 17.4% to 20%. is that going to be enough? that's still an open question. then you talk about people like jeff flake, bob corker, there issue has been throughout the deficit. this is where things are most complex where negotiations as i speak are ongoing with staff and those senators whachlt they are trying to do is implement some type of trigger mechanism. if the rosy projections don't end up panning out in the near term, this would trigger immediate tax increases. who you that tax increase would work, would it be corporate, whether it be on the individual side, that's the open question. if they can smooth that out, and if downtown run a foul on senate rules, they are on track to get this done. >> we'll wait for the so-called vote aroma. i think phil to happen friday. you have a big week ahead of you before this is said and done. thanks on the hill. coming up a major player talking in the russian i

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daines: madam president, today the u.s. house of representatives begins marking up h.r. 1, the tax cut and jobs act. and as the u.s. senate continues to debate tax cuts, i'm reminded by a speech that former democratic president john f. kennedy delivered in new york city in 1962. in fact, it was december of 1962. and let me quote president kennedy. in short, it is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now. the experience of a number of european countries and japan have borne this out. this country's own experience with tax reduction in 1954 has borne this out. and the reason is that only full employment can balance the budget and tax reduction can pave the way to that employment. the purpose of cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit but to achieve the more prosperous expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus. president kennedy went on to say this, i repeat, our practical choice is

republicans are planning to increase the deduction they can came from 17.4% to 20% that won over steve dainesa. it's unclear if another undecided vote, ron johnson, will be satisfied with that deal then there's a push from marco rubio and mike lee to max tke te tax credit fully refundable. when i talk to republican senators, they say they want to get to yes, but there's not much time left for them to make up their minds. >> ylan, thank you very much for that. >>> still ahead, a round up of the top headlines and a check on the global markets plus decision day for opec we're headed back to the meeting in vienna when "worldwide exchange" returns. , and saw his portfolio drop by double digits. it really scared him out of the markets. his advisor ran the numbers and showed that he wouldn't be able to retire until he was 68. the client realized, "i need to get back into the markets- i need to get back on track with my plan." the financial advisor was able to work with this client. he's now on track to retire when he's 65. having someone coach you through it is really the value of a financial adviso

. >> you have three buckets of senators with different holdouts and you got steve daines and ron johnson want bigger tax cuts for those who paid individual income tax and they want to get rid of the state andf local tax deduction forfo corporation because it's a big deal if you're a company and silicon valley and if you lose that big tax deduction that will pay for the bigger tax cuts and another group of senators very worried about the deficit. people up bob corker was on the budget committee and we both know then they can't pass it on the budget committee and bob corker has been feuding with donald trump so i don't know if the president trump coming to rally will be too successful but what corker and some of the other deficit want is some kind of trigger in this bill that it adds to the deficit over time and right now the congressional budget office says it will add 1.4 or $1.5 trillion that there will be triggered taxes and there's certainly a lot of publicans you don't like the idea of having a triggered tax increase later on in they want to say i will cut your taxes and hallelujah.

johnson, daines, collins, corker. who do you see as a big deal? >> johnson is worried about small businesses taxed at an individual rate, sounds like they're dealing with that. susan collins and mccain are big wild cards because of people being hurt by higher premiums. mccain doesn't like the process. he is someone you cannot predict at this point. if he doesn't like the process and they're jamming it through he'll just vote no. we saw that on health care. >> if you sincerely care about the deficit and the data, this bill ain't for you. it's a total contradiction to those principles. that's why senator corker and james lankford are given a pause. this bill will probably raise taxes on folks who are at the bottom of the income spectrum. those are two fundamental problems that go way beyond gop civil war and go to the heart of philosophy and people's pocketbooks. >> let me quibble about that. he's fundamentally right. middle-class tax cut also expire and then they'll go back up. that's how they try to deal with the deficit issue. upper income taxpay

i think, that only if you look at rand paul or senator daines, tried to help senator johnson cross theish line, there's a lot going on. >> dana: this is where the dealmaking is happening. lis smith, what you think the democrats are thinking as they look forward to the republicans, republicans say they have momentum to get this done. >> the democrats are thinking that one, this policy would be bad for the country, but two, republicans are heading a bit of a political gift. alex said something about donald trump delivering on a campaign promise. the campaign that donald trump the human out there, railed against wall street, spoke out for the forgotten people and the people left behind by this tax reform bill are people who make under $100,000 a year. it is the forgotten men and women that he championed. this is him being at odds with what he promised on the campaign trail, and when you have headlines saying that perkins will suffer the most under this bill, that is a political problem. >> dana: this is where the messaging war is going to get interesting, because people have points on bot

just three senators, john mccain, mike lee and steve daines, have fully denounced moore as a candidate. and former gop standard bearer mitt romney wrote on twitter today, quote, innocent until proven guilty is for criminal convictions, not elections. i believe leigh corfman, the woman in the article, her account is too serious to ignore. moore is unfit for office and should step aside. president trump continues his asia trip this week, hasn't addressed these allegations directly. today, however, during a press briefing on board air force one, press secretary sarah huckabee sanders chose her words carefully here. >> like most americans, the president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation. in this case one from many years ago, to destroy a person's life. however, the president also believes if these allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. >> well, let's talk about all this. stewart stevens is with us tonight, he's a campaign and political veteran, he served as mitt romney's chief strategist for the 2012 campaign. and columnist for "the boston globe"

steve daines is concerned about small businesses. jeff flake worried about the debt. ron johnson worried about small businesses. james langford, concerned about the debt. and then there's john mccain who has voted against tax cuts before. the senate finance chairman is defending his bill. >> for example, i expect we'll hear that this bill is a massive give-away to the rich. that's always the claim of the democrats. it's a gift to the so-called rich. oh, gosh. give me a break. i get so tired of that. phony argument that they make all the time. >> so orrin hatch is frustrated that democrats have not gotten more involved. democrats say they have not been invited to the table. chuck schumer fired back at hatch. >> who are we kidding? who are we kidding? this has been a very partisan bill. that's why it's not a great product. that's why the other side is rushing it through. this is not a proud day for this chamber. history will show that. >> with that, tempers starting to get a little bit flaring a bit. we expect the vote on the senate floor sometime this hour. neil? >> ne

but to the notion of these tax cuts, you have johnson and daines saying they want help for small businesses. all these concerns really seem like they're going to get brushed over. this thing is going to get through one way or another, is it not? >> that's definitely what it seems like. in some ways it feels like the obamacare debate where there's a puzzle that doesn't fit together. if you do what marco rubio wants, it raises costs and hurts over here, and if you deal with the deficit drtriggers -- you definitely are hearing from senators tnat the end of the da they want to pass something. >> health care made them inherently squeamish, whereas tax cuts is fundamental to who they are. >> unless it raises rates or taxes on the middle class. unless you have coal miners paying more taxes in the next five or seven years as some the projections show, then there's a reckoning atle ballot tox later on. >> it seems like, to your point. >> it's moving so fast and it changes so quickly it's almost hard to tell at the end of the day what we're actually going to end up with. >> when it goes to conference

senator steve daines of montana became the second g.o.p.ator to oppose the bill, joining with ron johnson. most calling for the plan to do more to help small businesses. republicans can only lose two

then later after the yinterview he rescinded his endorsement, as did steve daines of montana. is that enough? >> no, it's not enough. there needs to be a repudiation, not just a rescission of an endorsement. he should be called on to get out of the race. what he is accused of doing is molesting a little girl. we're talking about a 14-year-old little girl. this is disgraceful. couldn't be more disgusting. this is predatory, criminal behavior. it's child molestation. the conspiracy theories that have run rampant on extremist radio, on extremist political tv today, certainly it shouldn't be defined as conservative. it has no connection to the conservativism that i grew up with. it has no connection to any rectitude or probity that you'd expect of some of our nation's highest ranking leaders. it's a sad and appalling moment. and if i can just say, the courage of this woman to come forward, knowing what was going to come at her, we should all reflect on that. what you'll see in alabama is a lot of pessimism about doug jones's chance here. there's a ways to go in this race and i thi

senator johnson and steve daines of montana want a more generous tax cut for small business, bringing it closer to the proposed corporate tax rate of 20%. senators corker, flake, and langford are concerned about tax reform blowing huge hole in the deficit. they want a trigger to increase taxes with economic -- if economic growth doesn't offset the cost. corker said he would not let his feud with the president influenced his vote. >> i would never vote against something because of some disagreements i have learned than individual, nor would i vote something solely because i like someone. >> whatever form it takes, if a plan is approved by the senate, it will go to the conference to many to be reconciled with the house plan. predictions are the committee will give deference to that senate plan to ensure passage. the final bill would then go back to the house and senate for approval and if passed, go to the president's desk. president trump met with the republican leadership and members of his team, there were two conspicuously empty seats. democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelo