what are republicans thinking? allrdless of the numbers, parties agree this is a tax hike on middle-class families and many of those hardest hit live in the suburbs, bedrock of the republican coalition for decades. passing a bill that raises taxes on the middle class while slashing them for the rich and wealthiest corporations is political insanity, plain and simple. the republicans are giving huge handouts to the wealthiest corporations and the other, they are taken away key suburban productions like state, local, medical sciences, student loans, and more. congressional republicans are doing their best to put their majorities at risk and if republicans thought was hard when elections last week, with the drag of an unpopular president, wait until voters hear about this bill as they are now. if republicans thought it was --d to win after passing trying to pass a health care bill that would raise premiums and kick millions off their health care insurance, wait till they see how hard it is to win elections after they

with the changes the republicans have offered. the second change the republicans made to their tax bill was to have many of their tax provisions for individuals expire while corporate breaks remain permanent. with this new proposal, republicans have put themselves between a rock and a hard place. the provisions for individuals that help individuals and not enough of them were helped -- middle-class folks -- expire by 2025. the corporate tax cuts to the wealthiest of corporations above all are permanent. why did our colleagues do this? well, for one, they favor the big corporate powerful interests over the middle class. but the second is they had a huge deficit problem. they had to figure out where to reduce the deficit. and so they took it out on the crumbs that they gave to the middle class in the earlier years in this bill. well, one of two things will happen. some of our republican colleagues say don't worry, we'll extend the middle-class tax cuts after 2025. that will create a huge deficit. so i say to my colleagues, particula

of the national republican that fractured between establishment republicans and those from the far right branches of the party is also playing out in the state of alabama where there's a high profile senate race. in the primary election republican voters here chose roy moore to be their nominee over an establishment candidate already serving in the u.s. senate here for the judge roy moore of and. this is a key race because losing here would endangered the republicans the majority in the senate. were getting ready to welcome the republican candidate for senate without further ado let's give judge roy moore a warm air fart that you well know. you've probably already heard of roy moore because of a scandal that's overshadowed his camp. in november news broke of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when he was in his thirty's allegations he's denied but even before that more was a highly controversial candidate assy got a thumbs up from the president saw guess something in her i think you came to hear him speak in late october when he was addressing the alabama federa

that's not bipartisanship with the republican -- that the republican leadership has done. i know there are republicans on the other side who wish we can work together. well, we can. and today at 11:00, i think more than a dozen, certainly a large number of democrats went to the press gallery and said we want to work with our republican colleagues to create a better bill. they came and visited me last night. i encouraged them to do it. this leader, this leader is not going to stand in the way of bipartisan reform that meets the goals that we've talked about, helping the middle class, reducing the deficit, not unduly or in any way aiding the 1%. bipartisanship and compromise, mr. president, are very possible on tax reform. it's an issue crying out for a bipartisan solution. there are a lot of areas we agree. we have to work to find a middle ground that's acceptable to both parties. i dare say it would be a better bill for the american middle class than the one we're looking at right now. finally, mr. president, and briefly, because i know my colleagues are waiting on the kat

and my republicans -- why republicans do this is pretty simple, greta. i mean, they scratch the back of the people that gives them all his money. republicans are for the rich, by the rich and of the rich. which always confuse me -- let me finish my thought, greta. host: sure. caller: what always confused me is why working class people vote republicans? it's beyond me. i just don't understand. it's not in their best interest. go ahead, greta. host: in these tax reform proposals, the house and the senate, where do you believe the wealthy benefit? because the tax code for the very wealthy stays -- the tax rate stays the same. but where do you see them enefiting? caller: corporations have to loyalty to our country anymore. they just go where they could make the most profits. i understand that. that's what they're going to do. host: and dave, this is a sentiment we've heard throughout the morning so far that we've been talking to folks here, and that is that people calling in and saying i don't trust these corporations. i don't think they're going to bring th

what are the republicans thinking? regardless of the specific numbers on one point all studies agree, this is a tax hike for millions of middle-class families and many of those hardest hit within the suburbs, the bedrock of the republican coalition for decades. passing a bill that raises taxes on the middle class while slashing for the rich and wealthy as corporations is political insanity, plain and simple. with one hand republicans are giving you huge handouts with all the corporations and the other they are taking away key suburban deductions like state and local, medical expenses, student loans and more. in trying to pass this bill congressional republicans are doing their best to put their majorities at risk. if republicans thought it was hard winning elections last week with the drag of an unpopular president weighing them down, wait till the voters hear about this bill as they are now. if the public and thought it was hard to win after passing the health care bill that would raise premiums and kick millions off

senate and david duke emerged as the republican candidate and you had republicans saying vote for the democratic. >> the question is who. those are not going to be the ones to make the argument to the people of alabama. they nevada someone down on the ground to start making that argument. i do think, if nothing else, we saw in this past election cycle in 2017, women are turning out. we may see a shift in turnout and there are enough of these charges. we don't need more. there probably will be more. women especially are going to be turning out against this kind of behavior. so that may be the way -- i mean, the question is right now, are you going to vote for a democrat or a child molester? to me it's very clear. i'd rather see someone vote for the democrat or will we see a very low voter turnout? >> and what happens if this is a one-on-one race and roy moore stays in it and wins, then he goes to washington and you have mitch mcconnell and you have republicans talking about, well, we'll have expulsion proceedings and put him under oath and ask him questions and make him answer them and

but it's what republicans promised people. it's what republicans promised people. now, we'll see what the senate comes up with today, what several republican senators have already confirmed that the senate bill has the same structure as the house bill, and in at least one way, we'll know that it's worse for middle-class families than the house bill, because the house bill would reduce the value of stloal deductions by 70% while the senate bill eliminates it entirely. my friend from ohio, senator portman, confirmed that a few days ago on fox business. so this should be a three-alarm fire for every house republican in california, new york, new jersey, virginia, washington, illinois, colorado, minnesota. senate republicans are telling house republicans there will be no compromise on state and local deductibility. it's full repeal for bust, because senate republicans need the revenue raised by ending this popular middle-class deduction. there are several deficit hawks in the senate. we have stricter budget rules for reconciliation. if the senate tax plan includes cuts

in republican districts. a. schumer: it shows you what pickle they are in, they even have to consider going back to health care, which was very bad news for them, because of this bill, they are trying to meet deficit numbers, give tax breaks to the rich and still protect the middle class. the loser in those three are the deficit and the middle class, the rich to not lose anything. but it is happening out there. in the next election, are democrats committed to [indiscernible] alabama senate race? mr. schumer: it is an alabama race. they are running it. if they ask us for things, we will help them, that it is in alabama race. the jones campaign is running itself. when they ask us for help, we will do it, but it is an alabama race. reporter: [indiscernible] nothe same time [indiscernible] letting them say this is national democrats coming in. how did he walk the line? mr. schumer: i just answered that, the bottom line is it is being run in alabama by alabama. he is raising tremendous money without help from the dem

my guests this morning, republican congresswoman barbara comstock and democratic >>> plus, house republicans pass their tax plan. >> this is about giving hard-working taxpayers bigger paychecks, more take-home pay. >> now it's the senate's turn. >> i just think it would be nice just tonight before we go home to just acknowledge this tax cut is really not for the middle class, it's for the rich. >> is the tax cut really for the middle class? i'll ask white house budget director mick mulvaney and republican senator roy blunt of missouri. joining me for insight and a23458sz are amy walter, robert costa of "the washington post" and "washington week." joy reid, host of "a.m. joy" on msnbc, and rich lowerlowery, ed "national week in review. welcome to "meet the press." >> this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> and good sunday morning, i'm andrea mitchell. chuck todd is off weinstein first broke last month, many thought the outrage over sexual misconduct would pass like a summer storm. now it feels more like climate change, with nine women coming forward with accusations against alabama repub

no party has done this before, democrats, republicans, wigs, anti-federalists, democrat republicans, federalists. we've never seen this before. it's so wrong. it's one of the things that -- we see so many things that ail this country, and i have to say a lot of them stem from the top, from the president, and yet our republican colleagues are still fearful of ignoring him, of not listening to ideas they know are ludicrous. the rush is because my republican friends, fearful of the president and his self-imposed deadline, are trying to hide the bill that would transfer even more wealth to the super wealthy while raising taxes on millions of middle-class americans. now, according to the joint committee on taxation, of all taxpayers making less than $200,000 a year, 13 million would see a tax hike in 2019 and 30 million would see a tax hike by 2027. ryan and mcconnell said that we will not see a tax hike. they had to back off. for those who do get a tax cut, the average is so small to what folks at the top are getting. americans making $40,000 to $50,000 get an average cut of 8$0,000, 100

but it's what republicans promised people. it's what republicans promised people. now, we'll see what the senate comes up with today, what several republican senators have already confirmed that the senate bill has the same structure as the house bill, and in at least one way, we'll know that it's worse for middle-class families than the house bill, because the house bill would reduce the value of stloal deductions by 70% while the senate bill eliminates it entirely. my friend from ohio, senator portman, confirmed that a few days ago on fox business. so this should be a three-alarm fire for every house republican in california, new york, new jersey, virginia, washington, illinois, colorado, minnesota. senate republicans are telling house republicans there will be no compromise on state and local deductibility. it's full repeal for bust, because senate republicans need the revenue raised by ending this popular middle-class deduction. there are several deficit hawks in the senate. we have stricter budget rules for reconciliation. if the senate tax plan includes cuts

voting republican again. they'll all be thrown out of office between now. we understand the republican party right now is this is a party that just experienced shock. you know but is it a shot where they were taken over for say by something different in reality they were taken over by there were some three more words. hi ari if the party's life's blood is now trump and his base oh yeah the alabama senate candidate going more is also part of its d.n.a. you know the kitchen servant in late october as the election got closer more visited capitol hill to me just potential future colleagues and stood by his belief that a muslim congressman should not be able to serve because of his religion. and he also reiterated his views on religion and government. come here. come. here. despite all this he still had the support and even indorsement of senators here. the day after his visit which is a week before allegations of sexual misconduct came out we tried to talk to republican senators about their support of moore and i

. >>> republicans woke up this morning clinging to the wreckage of trumpism and now republicans cannot honestly see any success in their future that involves donald trump but they're still trying to pretend that there is a future with donald trump. >> what happened last night all across the country is tired of this. >> you could smell a wave coming. >> there was a coalition of the decent in this country that rose up yesterday. >> the rejection of donald trump's fear and divisiveness. >> the margins of victory, the turnout, the energy are astonishing. >> it's important for republicans to self reflect. >> bing, bing, bong, bong. >> doesn't change my reading of the current moment. i think it means we have to deliver. >> what last night signaled was if you keep going on this path, you will be annihilated. >> this is a big deal. >> and really gratifying that our democracy still works. >> are you worried about next year? >> no. i like a good fight. >> republican friends better look out. >> last night we saw democracy in action. last year we saw the electoral college in action. the electoral

republican women, rise up and raise hell.be real loyalty, and to those who really are your own. what is the impact on >> i think it should have been incumbent on the republican party to give their voters a better choice. and that would have fundamentally president trump weighing in very heavily against roy moore and pressuring state party officials saying, look, you don't have a future in this party unless you find some way to leverage this guy out of this race. it didn't happen. now roy moore is running the only race he can, which is saying all these attacks on me are attacks on you, my supporters, and against mitch mcconnell. it goes to the cynical demagoguery of the likes of steve bannon. if roy moore killed someone with an ax, steve bannon would say it's mitch mcconnell's fault. >> there's a real challenge here for republicans because in washington, the republicans i'm talking to in the senate, they feel totally boxed in. president trump is not weighing in. he's not trying to get moore out of the race. and they know if ro

it's just remarkable to me the republican party, the republican party, if i live in a republican district in the new jersey suburbs, what the heck is the point of voting for a republican congressman if he's going to raise my taxes? >> listen, i appreciate the democrats' newfound concern with deficit and raising taxes. it's something that we haven't heard much about in the last ten years -- >> no, i'm asking a simple question of representation. what do you tell a constituent whose taxes are going to be raised by the republican party why they should vote for a republican? >> i would probably tell them the first thing what report you reading off of? because our numbers are saying something that's completely different. it's very important that people understand that this is tax relief for people across the board. now, if you're looking at calculating that over ten years, there may be some rise, depending on which bracket you may move in and out of based on your income, but when it comes across the board, this isn't just tax reform, this isn't just something that we're making up. this is genui

so the republican strength increases. clinton gets elected president of when you look at the first few months of trump and we see the difficulties, clinton had similar problems. >> he had a democratic house and senate. he never won a majority of the american people. i had pollsters tell me it took 19% in many pollsters told me some said he took some from bush but clinton has no mandate. it only has 4043% of the vote. again he doesn't get the majority of the vote. democrats don't feel particularly loyal to clinton because he doesn't have much to hold over him since he won the election so narrowly. and republicans have enough votes in the senate for filibuster which bob dole does before clinton's big tax increase goes through in the spring of 93. things are quickly forming and there's a coalition of anti- clinton americans. where one group after another. >> the book a citizen. an excellent read. we go through the history of its lives in his persistence and moving ahead with adversity. we get to 94 republicans smell somethin

we're a year on from that triumph from the republican party, one year on from election day republicans in washington have passed zero major legislation, nothing, despite controlling both houses of congress and the white house. one year on, president's campaign chairman is out on $10 million bond and wearing an ankle bracelet and another trump campaign official out on $5 million bond wearing ankle bracelet, not counting the skpan adviser who has pled guilty and cooperating with the ongoing investigation of this president and his campaign and potentially his administration. one year on, republican party is on the hook for at least hundreds of thousands and many millions of dollars in legal fees for the president and his family. but it's not just them. criminal defense lawyers have been hired by everybody from the vice president to the white house communications director to even the white house counsel. even their lawyers have had to get lawyers this past year. but unlike the president and the president's son, everybody else in the trump administration is having to pay for their lawyers t

coming up with a weekly luncheon of republicans and saying republicans keep calling it a middle class tax cut bill and he calls it a boom to big corporations that will hurt the middle class. the president up there to sell this bill in a closed door meeting. they want to have the vote and they are short the votes at the moment. before he discussed the tax bill, senator schumer explaining his reason to bow out with the house democratic leader, nancy pelosi, of a scheduled white house meeting to sit down with the top two republicans and democrats to meet with the president about very big year end decisions about spending levels. could they get a deal on the dreamers? that meeting now canceled. we will keep it up there to wait for the president of the united states. always posturing in politics and always showmanship, but at this moment, if you listen to the leader, he seems to think this is good for the democrats to end the year in terms of a negotiating position and let's not forget as we are in late november of 2017, next year is the mid-term elections and everything that is done in th

this is republican senate candidate roy moore. former alabama judge continues to deny the allegations against him as more women come forward accusing him of inappropriate sexual advances and misconduct over the past 30 years. during a news conference in birmingham, moore accused senate leader mitch mcconnell of trying to steal the election from the voters of alabama. mcconnell says he believes moore's accusers and suggested the republican senate candidate would face an ethics probe if elected. jeremy, i want to pull up something you wrote. it tells me so much about where we are. this is in the "new york times." this was theres after time you wrote when the question of whether to disown a candidate accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl was fairly straightforward. but the divisions in the republican party run so deep that it's now become a proxy fight. that's what i want to talk about with yo uh. this fight this question about roy moore. it's now become something about the base of the party versus mcconnell. it's not so muc

even among republicans privately and some publicly, you've seen republicans on the house side. trey gowdy who has been swatting this investigation away for months. now they're suddenly taking it more seriously. engaged in serious interrogation of people like carter page. suddenly gowdy is acting like a prosecutor. goodlatte. republicans previously dismissing this are now saying, as it gets bigger and more consequential and beyond the white house even, people are -- some element, some sense of bipartisan concern, kind of almost extensial level seems to be creeping in and we're starting to see people not make some of the silly arguments they were making like forget about the old base. who cares about what trump did in russia 20 years ago. that stuff all matters. >> there was this ludicrous equivalence drawn by then chairman nunez about unmasking. he steams have now -- i'm not sure if he has the capacity for shame but that argument doesn't seem to be front and center anywhere other than on a few select conservative media outlets. >> republicans want to move beyond this. they want

not a happy , i'm republican, those republicans in congress are a disgrace, i mean, god, that republican bill in the senate looks like something would write. riculous.d host: why do you say it looks like something the democrats write? caller: keep the estate tax, they certainly would, they are putting off bringing the money for a couple hore years. you know what, we're not in they in a couple years, will get rid of that. this is craziness, we have power now, use it. don't like e guys donald trump and i don't think they like be nothing power. be ink they would prefer to in the minority. nd i'm sick of this identity politics business. host: bob, i want susan ferrechio to jump in, what do bob's comments? guest: well, he sounds like some embers on capitol hill, there has been more divide among populous republicans who say more awmakers should move aggressively on this tax plan cuts should be no delay in and they should rely on economic rowth to bring money to the treasury to allay fear that debt ill get much bigger, through aggressive tax cuts, including the estate tax, which, you know, does

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republicans suffer a one-two punch. first, democrats sweep elections across the country, including two governors' races. >> was it a referendum on donald? >> i think so. >> and fueling democratic hopes for next year. >> our republican friends better look out. >> then those bombshell claims about alabama senate candidate roy moore. >> shocking allegations against senate candidate republican roy moore. >> if that's true, i don't think there would be any place for him in the u.s. senate. >> elections. roy moore and the growing awareness of sexual harassment in politics. my guests this morning, republican senator pat toomey, democratic senator amy klobuchar, and white house legislative affairs director marc short. >>> and president trump agrees with vladimir putin about russian hacking, then says he's with our agencies. >> i believe that president putin really feels, and he feels strongly that he did not meddle in our election. what he believes is what he believes. >> but what does the president believe? joining me for insi

there are republicans in those states, there are republican districts.t if by passing tax cuts, you sort of heal your party kind of at large but you open up and put in play dozens of republican seats in these high taxed states who the opponents of which are going to say you raised my taxes. >> can i say one thing about that breitbart headline. it was catchy, swamp creature. swamp thing. ed gillespie. give me a break. this time yesterday, ed gillespie was doing everything that the breitbart wing of the republican party wanted him to do. sanctuary cities and law and order and ms-13 and they were so happy he was embracing trumpism and then he lost and it's like who is that guy. >> you're saying like the president they support so much they're transactional and have a very short memory. >> they're as political as the next guy. >> bannon was praising him. >> we haven't said this enough. yesterday trump lymph without trump didn't sell. the question for republicans is remember, when obama wasn't on the ballot in every election they got pummeled. will the same th

host: ron in tennessee, republican. caller: yes, i would like to make a comment about the sexual harassment. rs ago was ale lady, and she hit the mail on the head. up, america -- you are innocent until proven guilty. all this slaying going on against mr. moore, bring the proof and then do something about it. but to make accusations and tear a person down is wrong. it is totally wrong. and why didn't mr. trump, our president, say something about mr. moore? bring the proof, and i am sure if they bring the proof, mr. trump will be against him. host: ron, is their proven the al franken case? caller: ma'am, from what i have seen on your show, yes. there is a problem. ok? is the proof in that case versus the roy moore accusation? caller: if i am not badly mistaken, there is the picture of him standing with the beatty and his hands -- standing with the lady and his hands -- well, that do not look too good. it is a reason to start investigating to find out whether or not he is guilty or not. until they have that investigation,

more more republicans are great -- you saw this in the last reiteration of the republican repeal and replace effort introduce the senators grandma cassidy. that focus on giving states greater flexibility in the loosing of the regulatory scriptures. that effort was too far too fast for a lot of people. his signals were republicans will be comfortable. if there's anything that debate exposed so republicans don't agree on a lot regarding healthcare policy. figurative exposed so conservative movement. if you were to pulled 100 republicans in congress, one thing that would get support his federalism, responsibility for states. whether foundation is the graham cassidy legislation or the loosening around section 1332 waivers. [inaudible] whether it's a broader or more narrow, i think we will see some effort on the right to migrate the discussion to the value of federalism and the importance of it in healthcare policy. i think it's an interesting time. healthcare is never that far away from the center of the discussion. even though attack by tax reform there's a question of what republicans

a democrat and a republican. not name them, but said she's also heard of allegations of victims having their private parts grabbed on the house floor. bill press, you first. shocking to you? >> no. >> wow. >> i worked in the state legislature in california, this is rampant. maybe 30 years ago, disgusting, but rampant and people looked the other way. and i know that it's taking place. i don't know any personal stories, although jackie speier is a good friend of mine and she's been a hero on this issue, particularly when it comes to sexual abuse in the military, unreported, unpunished. but you know it's happening on capitol hill, it's happening anywhere where there are men in power, whether it's hollywood, or wall street or capitol hill. >> this is a very powerful exchange that i want to share. this is representative comstock telling a story about a male lawmaker who asked a staffer to bring something over to his residence. watch this. >> i wanted to close with something that i just had somebody tell me recently. t

that story posted just a few hours ago and flight we are seeing republican senator after republican senator pressure moore to drop out of the race if the allegations prove to be true including the eight you see on the screen now. in addition to the seven others seen here who have spoken out in the last few hours including the senate's top republican. >> if these allegations are true, roy moore should step aside. for all the obvious reasons. very disturbing allegations. >> if true, does he need to step down? >> any shred of truth to these stories he ought to step, and now. >> and i don't believe there's a place for him in the u.s. senate if true. >> step aside. >> these allegations appear to be, i've not read the story, but as well sourced as i hear they are, if it's true, the answer would be yes. >> cory gardner who is the chairman of the nrsc, the republican party's campaign arm in the u.s. senate is also pushing for moore's exit saying this -- "if these allegations are found true roy moore must drop out of the alabama special senate election." white house weighed in as well. >> we need to

. >>> plus, more republicans call it quits. how is the president's party working to regroup for 2018? >>> finally, 70 years of war and peace. >> we won't forget this peace. >> and a look at how the longest running television show has covered the news. >> this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." folks, there's one word to explain what happened last night -- trump. no debating. except they are debating that inside the republican party right now. president trump says he wasn't the reason republicans across the board were swept away in what was a mini democratic wave last night. at least not in virginia. he says republican candidate gillespie was crushed by nine points, because he "did not embrace me or what i stand for." even though there's ample evidence that gillespie was crushed because of his embrace of perhaps what the president stands for. but if you asked five different republicans today about the president's impact on last night's races you'r

andcrats, (202)-748-8001 republicans, -- report -- democrats, (202)-748-8000, republicans, (202)-748-8001. >> today, virginia has spoken. today, we will not condone hatred and bigotry, and to end the politics that have torn this country apart. i want to let you know that in virginia, it is going to take a ,octor to heal our differences to bring unity to our people, and i am here to let you know that the dr. is in. host: give us a snapshot of ralph northam. guest: he is a pediatric neurologist. the washington post did a great line where he ran as a emotional moderate. he is liberal on a bunch of issues but he sounds very comforting and soothing. that was a very conciliatory message, last night, talking about unifying. that is the type of message that wins in a swing state. republicans did polling and some of these culturally diverse -- divisive issues work in their favor but post from, people wanted to hear a more conciliatory message. former obama ambassador. and very wealthy banker who was able to win the governor's race in a blue state. murphy is going to have some challenges. host:

and the moment that a lot of republicans or a number of republicans said, okay, we're going to have to repeal and replace at the same time rather than repeal and delay, it did expose those divisions amongst republicans that lanhee has talked about. and they weren't ready to produce a product that could sustain a republican consensus because they weren't going to get democrat support for repeal on that package. which, i think, will thwart them going forward too, going forward particularly in the aftermath of this debate. at least i hope so. >> so underneath this though, i mean, there's issues of affordability and so on and the trust funds and the like, but underneath it there's a more fundamental question as to right versus privilege. and i think it becomes even more graphic as we kind of fold in the single-payer debate with bernie sanders and so forth. where is the country in 2017, where are the two parties in terms of answering that very fundamental question, is health care a right or a privilege? chris? >> well, i think that what has happened -- and this is, i think, a change, an evo

but not before the republicans invested $50 million into a republican seat. if you look at just the congressional races and understand in the last 118 years there's only been three times about the incumbent president's party hasn't lost seats in the first midterm. this should be a moment where republicans are terrified in the house of representatives over losing their majority. instead what the speaker says is, we're with trump, clarifying it completely. we now look at the american electorate and see clearly out of virginia. you have all the democrats are against him. the majority of the independents are against him. and about 25% of the republicans are against him. so the democrats if they win in november, aren't going to be able to enact a progressive agenda. not while he's in the white house. there's one question on the ballot which is, do you want to have a check on donald trump because the republicans in the congress are completely incapable of exercising any oversight authority on any of the excesses in this administration from its malfeasance to its in

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evant to blame the republicans. the republicans are not agreeing with the whole party.is democrats. they are serving the democrats. post""the washington reminds us in the column today about a deal that president trump was able to cut with democratic leaders back in mid-september. -- headline of the peace "from he likes us to sad: the trump schumer pelosi friendship falls apart." for what happened yesterday, after trump acquiesced on the two democratic leaders for short-term funding of the federal government and allowing the treasury to increase its borrowing limit to finance the national debt. so what happens? he writes, "the staff was doing great and to the president stepped in." trump gotten the way of what were "serious amateur negotiations." senator durbin told him that trump was stunned by the negative reaction he got from his conservative base after he started wheeling and dealing with democratic leaders back in september. that's in today's "washington post." john in ohio, europe next. -- you are up next. caller: good morning, john. american people listen to this.

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clearly if they're repudiating republicans, clearly they're signaling to republicans they want to moven from this issue. and republicans might have to fold in and go long with the president's tax reform, if they don't pass tax reform in this congress they risk being the anti-free trade, anti-climate change white house. >> paul ryan says the republicans need to deliver on their promises, but our poll shows only 40% think president trump is doing a good job keeping his campaign promises. how much will fulfilling those promises help republicans next year in the midterm elections? >> well, look, wolf, you can almost separate the two, you can argue that this is a paul ryan sort of ambition more than it even is president trump's ambition. that's why paul ryan was the house ways and means committee, that was his number one objective was bringing tax reform into legislation. the president obviously needs a win when it comes to legislation this year, didn't happen with health care, could very well be in jeopardy with regards to tax reform. but don't underestimate the power of a good economy. th

if republicans continue to insist on moving ahead with a republican only budget buster bill, i think it will be very close and it may well fail in the end. >> let me ask you this. your fellow senator from delaware gave us his insight into a meeting between white house officials and senate democrats. senator tom carper saying on our air that the president called into the meeting from his asia trip and that carper says as the president was doing more talking than listening, he gave this advice to economic adviser carry cone. have a listen. >> and i said gary, why did you do this? why don't you just take the phone from your cell phone back and just say, mr. president, you're brilliant. and but we're losing contact. i think we're going to lose you now. so good-bye. that's what he did and he hung up. >> are you saying gary cohn faked a bad connection to get the president off the phone? >> i wouldn't -- i don't want to throw him under the bus, but yes. >> well, definitive account there. i believe you were in the meeting, as well. what did you hear? >> well, jim, there were a dozen democrat

and they said no, no, as long as there is a republican house and republican senate. we did it under bush. some are big. some are small. but we had a tax cut every one of those years. and that will be the case now. i think it's important for all of us to make that clear to the american people that this is going to be a significant tax cut, significant tax reform. but there are a lot of things that are going to be left off the table. while we're going to go to a territorial tax system for businesses. we are not going to a territorial tax system for people. we have 5.5 million americans who live and work overseas. we have 10 million americans who live overseas. 5.5 million who work and vote or could vote because they're the right age. i do wish also that when we talked about americans with jobs, we don't talk about bringing in -- we've got to bring these american jobs back here. we want to have jobs in america. we want jobs for americans. that includes 5 million plus people who happen to be working in hong kong or britain or some other country. and right now we tax them

normally it's the republicans. but he's making a show there of the fact that the senate democratic leader chuck schumer of new york and the house democratic leader nancy pelosi of california, they skipped this meeting. bring us up to speed on how this all went down. why are they not there? >> reporter: jake, you're absolutely right. i was struck by that as well, seeing those two empty chairs right there. the top two republicans in the this town other than the president were relegated to the sides of the table. speaker ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they always sit next to the president. of course this is the photograph that the president wanted. he was very cognisant of the visuals. this all started several hours ago when the president sent out a message on social media priming the pump for this meeting, if you will. it's an example of tweets that have consequences. and the consequence was that the democrats decided to not show up because of what the president sent out on twitter. so let's start t

it's the republican snake oil pitch. we reference what they say about the tax plan which is not true. speaker ryan told everybody that the middle class gets a tax cut, a brazen falsehood. now speaker ryan wants you to believe he misspoke. the gop tax scam is exposed. it's republicans true content for the middle-class and especially those living in america's suburbs. we want to make sure the voters understand this. this is the equivalent of what president george w. bush did when he said he would privatize social security. people know what that means in their lives. and we made sure that people knew about it. as i said, tuesday's elections frightened republicans. speaker ryan is about to brand them, some of the most vulnerable suburban members with a huge tax hike. so we have come again, although this, $1.5 trillion from medicare and medicaid in their budget. $1.5 trillion to corporate america. corporate america gets tax breaks to send jobs overseas. again, what did the middle class ever due to the republicans? those who w

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republicans.ost: that's loudy in oklahoma. one of the many voices we'll hear throughout the course of our three hours together on the senate debate on the tax bill underway. again, give your thoughts on the phone lines, 202-748-8000 democrats, and 202-748-8001 for republicans and 202-748-8002 for the independent ens. things going on on capitol hill we want to keep ue wear of and here's john mccartle. john: we've been tracking the debate over sexual harassment and how it's treated and what members of congress are doing to change that system. yesterday we saw a vote in the house on legislation requiring sexual harassment prevention training and passed in the house by voice vote yesterday and "usa today" with their story on what that would do. the house resolution would require lawmaker staff, interns and fellows to get harassment training and would require congressional offices to post a statement of employment rights under the congressional accountability act and requires congress and legislative b

tonight the republican party's nominee for u.s. senate from the state of alabama stands accused of molesting a child. we're going to go through the allegation and it's going to be graphic, but it's important that we report to you the details. a woman named leigh korfman told "the washington post" roy moore approached her outside a courtroom when he was 32 working in that courtroom, she was just 14. he told her mother he would look after her while her mother went inside for a child custody hearing. that's what they were at the courtroom for. he said, oh, you don't want to go in there and hear all that, i'll stay out here with you, her mother told the "post." after getting the 14-year-old's phone number, moore picked korfman up days later, drove her to his house she says, where he told her how pretty she was and kissed her. on a second visit she remembers that moore kissed her, took off her pants and shirt, touched her through her bra and underpants. she says he guided her hand to his underwear and she yanked her hand back. "i wasn't

there were a lot of republicans very red state, a lot of republicans who looked at roy moore and said, this is one republican i won't vote for. this is the last time he ran for office in alabama. on this same day, in this same election, mitt romney got 62% of the vote for president in alabama. roy moore barely got 51.8%. he barely won his race. so roy moore brought some baggage to this race. a lot of baggage even before this. if there were circumstances that a democrat could get elected to the senate in alabama, these would have to be them. we'll see if roy moore stays in the race. of course, all the options here that are circulating for republican leaders, they are still trying to force him to withdraw. they are talking about expelling him, even if he wins. hey, if you win this election, we're going to have a senate ethics committee investigation. you're going under oath and we'll ask you all sorts of uncomfort questiunkom fo uncomfo uncomfortable questions. they are trying to get him to withdraw from the race. do they put up a write-in candidate up if he gets out? do they put a writ