. >> joining us now is paul waldman, a blogger for the washington post. and senior writer at the american prospect. he is here to talk about the democratic party's legislative agenda. thank you for joining us today. we will start with the health care bill. we have the republicans trying to put together a plan in the senate. assuming a plan comes together and ultimately passes, what should the democrats do? guest: if it actually passes, and that is an eventuality most people are not really prepared for. we have been talking about the results. it would depend on exactly how it is structured, how soon the provisions of the bill would take effect. as we have discovered in the details have come out, a lot of results could be pretty catastrophic for a lot of people. i think what you would see happening is that if it were actually passed, that would be the centerpiece of democratic organizing looking ahead to 2018 highlighting what is going on and use the bill as a way to rile up their base. the thing about midterm elections is that they are always a function of

you are on with paul waldman. caller: i would like to know why we can't just have single-payer. it would cut the cost of ceo's across insurance and doctors and hospitals. it would save billions of dollars. the other thing i want to say is, if we are so far in debt, 20 trillion plus dollars, where they talking about tax cuts? that seems to be stupid. thank you. isst: on single-payer, rapidly becoming not quite the consensus but a majority opinion and the democratic party we should move to a single-payer health care system. one thing i want to warn pe

paul waldman,- thank you so much for joining us today. guest: my pleasure. host: we will have chris chmi elenski to talk about recent immigration enforcement actions taken by the trump administration and congress. ofer on, claire suddath bloomberg businessweek this causes her piece on the gender wage gap in the u.s. and other companies are working to close it. we will be right back. >> coming up over the fourth of july holiday on c-span twos tv, monday john the quarter discusses his book talking back, talking black. >> i wanted to see if i could make the general public have a more positive view of the dialect that most black americans use in casual situations. >> on tuesday at 7:15 a.m. eastern, author and historian david the college with his book "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for." >> if you get knocked down, don't live there and whimper and wine. get back up on your feet and continue on. something we all need to be reminded of. and are reminded of by the examples set in this story of her own country. >> cap 1:30 p.m., mike lee with his

. >> joining us now is paul waldman, a blogger for the washington post. and senior writer at the american prospect. he is here to talk about the democratic party's legislative agenda. thank you for joining us today. we will start with the health care bill. we have the republicans trying to put together a plan in the senate. assuming a plan comes together and ultimately