niels lesniewski returns to us on "newsmakers." he is with cq roll call covering specifically the senate. robbie gramer makes his first visit to our program. he is with the foreign where he covers diplomacy and national security. niels, you are up first. niels: thank you. senator cardin, i want to start with really the news of the day, which is the house republican' unveiling of their tax code overhaul. i have seen your statement about it and i have seen statements from other democrats on the finance committee. i sort of know where the big picture of opposition is. is there anything in particular that you think that republicans who are from states like your own or along the east coast might really have problems with as well. sen. cardin: i think so. there are several revisions. first of all, the bill is more disappointing than advertised. the main reason is because republicans will have problems with this. it blows a hole in the deficit. it is far greater than $1.5 trillion. so many of the provisions that affect individual tax reli

niels lesniewski returns to us on "newsmakers."e is with cq roll call covering specifically the senate. robbie gramema