the ranking member of, we call him vice chair in the senate, ron wyden. we take pride in his leadership there as he was a former member of the house. and our ranking member on the house side richie neal. and i rise in support in our house the higgins amendment which will hold the republicans accountable for their words. but first let me say we'll shortly be joined by the great senate leader chuck schumer and he and i both view what is happening in these rooms not as a tax -- as tax reform, not as tax cuts, but as tax scam. right now president trump is in china with an entourage of corporate ceos. while he's cutting deals over there for corporate america maybe, republicans in congress are writing a tax bill that gives tax breaks to corporate america to send jobs overseas. it's just not right. it's just not right. while the republicans are saying i just acknowledged you in great praise, did i not, for the distinguished leader from the senate, while the republicans are, again, working on their tax scam, again, which is not reform, which is not a tax cut for

let me go to garrett haake who is talking to senator ron wyden. >> trigger mechanism that would snap back some rates if the growth they predict doesn't materialize. does that take the wind out of some your criticism. >> here's what i can tell you. i have great respect for senator corker. we worked together. he has been on a number of my economic bills. but i can tell you when the white house talks about writing a trigger, i say look out, here comes another budget gimmick. what they have done for months is resisted efforts to give us anything resembling legitimate scoring. for example, the treasury department might promise months ago that they would provide an economic analysis of the growth ramifications of their bill. they still have not provided it. now, i'll also make available to you a new letter i just got from the joint committee on taxation where somehow there is going to be an effort to produce a dynamic score almost at the speed of light. but you know, the reality is the real scoring is done by the congressional budget office and joint committee on taxation. >> do you think

millions of people having their premiums go up. >> joining me now, senator ron wyden oaf oregon.anking member of the senate finance committee. so senator, are they really going to -- is it official that they are including essentially a major part of obamacare repeal in this tax bill now? >> yes. and clearly, chris, what they're doing is they're turning a tax bill into a health care bill. and they had a very clear problem. they've made trillions of dollars worth of promises to the multi-nationals and their political donors. they weren't able to stuff them up into the budget. so they thought, well, let's get a twofer. let's gut health care for working people and then we can have big tax cuts for multi-nationals that ship jobs overseas. it's a double standard in hix economics, big breaks for the people at the top and the powerful hurting the working people. >> my understanding, i want to be clear of this, is that they've crafted this bill that still raises the deficit too much. and so they're desperate to find ways to claw back some money. and the cbo analysis is that they'd have 13

senators like ron wyden and claire mccaskill. >> this redefines the scope of this markup. we didn't know anything about this. that is why it is so important that we get the time to address it. >> the people this is going to hit our middle-class people about it since it was the whole bill is supposed to be about helping. it will make fair insurance more expensive and make uninsured people often make sure that passed through a steady 5% or 6% cut in taxes. >> senators like john mccain are not committing yet yes or no but repealing the individual mandate would not be a dealbreaker. back to you. lauren: paul ryan was asked by a mandate was not in the house bill during a fox news tax reform town hall last night. >> i was in favor of the individual mandate that we didn't want to name they complicate the passage of tax reform given we did not have the votes to get that to send it. we want the senate to get that done and then we will discuss whether or not it's included at the end. lea: meanwhile, vice president penn pitching "the wall street journal" ceo council gathering. >> wil

so he and at the time ron wyden,ive ron sat down and penned section 230 grew the user weerated internet content know today -- twitter, youtube, all those services' foundation built upon section platform immunity but section 230 encourages sites remove content they find offensive under a good samaritan that they would not imbue them with liability to struck aerything so it really nice balance. sectioner than touching 230, what we're working on and we're working on in the house and seeing efforts in the house do is to just side step that discussion and say if we amend the criminal code and give law enforcement tools they need in code, we don't need to touch section 230. differencet there a between libelous comments and sex trafficking? mr. szabo: yes, substantial difference, but the underlying the same.remains one of the challenges that we to online is when it comes child pornography, it's much easier to know it when you see it. comes to sex trafficking, we have been told a lot of this is encoded language, identify. harder to so one of the things we suggested is something of a clearing ho

so he represented now senator ron wyden on the industry that we know today twitter, youtube, facebookall these foundations are upon section 230 but at the same time it encourages the sites to remove the content they find offensive to say if you take down the content under the provision we will not necessarily infused with liability to scream everything g so it struck a nice balance and rather than touching section 230, what we are working on in the house and seeing efforts in the house to do if we amend the criminal code is there a difference between the liable content and sex trafficking. the underlying principle remains the same. one of the challenges that we see online is when it comes to child pornography it is easier to know when you see it and when it comes to sex trafficking we've been told a lot of the language for harder to identify. it identified certain kinds of codes and e-mail addresses and phone numbers to kind of put that in a central repository so they can scan against fat and better identify the languages. they were considering this in a bipartisan fashion out of comm

oregon senator ron wyden. >> i don't think the charitable write-off, the charitable giving, is a loophole. i believe it's a lifeline. >> reporter: under the new tax proposal, only about 5% of people will itemize their taxes. what that means is about 30 million americans that currently claim the charitable deduction will lose it. >> our estimate is about $13 billion less in charitable giving associated with the tax reforms. >> reporter: a 5% overall cut. that's because the republican plan would double the standard deduction the taxpayers get in lieu of itemizing. that may be good for taxpayers, but it's bad for charities. major tax reform comes along once every 30 years. with all that on the line, d.c. is swarming. it's a scramble among lobbyists and interest groups from the real estate industry to those fighting to keep the student loan exemptions. all desperate to preserve prize tax breaks. why do you think you're going to have an impact with these lawmakers, because they have a lot of people screaming in their ear right now. >> what we're asking for is, make it universal. put charitable

senator ron wyden, ranking member on the senate finance committee.ou so much. >>> be sure to tune in tomorrow night for a special cnn debate on the current state of the tax bill. the vote is just days away. i'm going to moderate with dana bash as ted cruz and tim scott face off against independent senator bernie sanders and democratic senator maria cantwell. it all starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn tomorrow night. don't miss it. >>> i want to bring in right now national politics reporter mj lee who joins me from capitol hill. she's been following the al franken story. you just heard me talk to senator wyden about mr. -- senator franken. he said he's not going anywhere. mj, can he hang on? have any democrats at all considered calling for him to resign? >> reporter: well, at this point in time, jake, it's clear he has no plans to resign. he obviously confronted national media reporters today and made a brief statement and took some questions. what he said, again, is that he is sorry for these stories that have come to light. he is ashamed and embarras

but democratic senators like ron wyden, are not so sure. >> no question that he needs to appear again in an open session and reconcile what is in the press reports today. >> reporter: this week's indictments and guilty plea have increased the pressure on other trump associate associates to ce with the mueller investigation. one source who is being scrutinized says it's every man entire circle is potentially a target." anthony. >> mason: jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. coming up next on the cbs evening news, hurricane victims begin a new life 1,000 miles from home. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ and when youod sugar is a replace one meal... choices. ...or snack a day with glucerna... ...made with carbsteady... ...to help minimize blood sugar spikes... ...you can really feel it. now with 30% less carbs and sugars. glucerna. plaque psoriasis,... ...isn't it time to let the real you shine through? maybe it's time for otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an in

opponents like oregon senator ron wyden call it unfair. >> i don't know how anybody can go home now to the folks they represent and explain why it's a good idea to hike taxes. what is happening now is just shameful. >> all right, cecilia vega live at the white house tonight. and cecilia, as we said there, republicans can only afford to lose two votes in the senate. one senator, as you reported there, already a no. but you're hearing tonight, the president still believes this is a done deal? >> reporter: david, sources tell us that behind closed doors on capitol hill today, the president told republicans, the senate will pass this bill. he says that he'll be able to convert any republican nos, like wisconsin's ron johnson. he is already talking about what comes next, welfare reform, but as we've been saying, this is far from a done deal. he cannot afford to lose anymore votes, david. >> cecilia vega with us again tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> there is a developing headline tonight from south dakota, where the controversial keystone pipeline was shut down today after an oil leak. more

kennedy: democratic senator ron wyden * says all they are doing is turning a tax bill into a healthcare bill. should the republicans be trying to kill two birds with one stone? let's go to my eagle eyed party panel. and "reason" magazine's peter suderman. i will start with you. $338 billion savings over a decade if you spike the individual mandate. but it's not just spiking the mandate. it does more than that. please explain. >> what republicans are trying to do is pay for their tax reform while getting rid of a central plank of obamacare. this is a victory but a partial and imperfect victory. it leaves the preexisting conditions rules in place. we know from watching states that tried to have the preexisting conditions rule. we know from states that tried this, the individual market melts down, there is nobody left to serve individual insurance to people. so that is what republicans are risking here. their argument is actually the cbo is wrong and all of this business about how people are going to lose their insurance coverage because we are getting rid of the mandate. they are probably

here are the two men, orrin hatch as well as ron wyden talking about those issues. >> i personally invited democrats to participate in this process on a number of occasions publicly and privately. >> let's be clear, nobody on this side even knew where the finance thanks table was. we weren't invited. we never knew where it was. reporter: the house will rote on the thanks cut and jobs act presumably sending it to the senate conference committee. there is a belief the senate will vote on the legislation right after the thanksgiving holiday so they can figure out how to continue to fund the government. charles: here to discuss the impact of these amendments, paul scott. kevin, right now our 401k, you get to put in $18,000 a year. you are not taxed on it null retire. when you are over 50 you put in an extra $6,000. >> we have a small business. what's so tough by the is the people who gain it most of from giving to their 401k for contributing it early, they are usually in a financial condition where they can't do it. senator hatch is trying to make it easier. the problem is what they are trying

here is a little bit about what ron wyden had to say about how he thinks it's going to play ou out. >cording to the latest figures on the joint committee in taxation, families earning $30,000 and under are going to get clobbered by a tax hike of nearly $6 billion to pay for this handout to multinational corporations. >> shannon: he goes on from there. >> i think it's very regrettable be can't find a single democrat to support what is clearly relief for middle-class families. the president has said his major principles and meaningful tax cuts and overhauls are number one, middle-class tax cuts, number two reducing that corporate rate from 35 to 20%. two below the average of 23%. number three, we have $2.8 trillion parked illegally overseas prey to bring those jobs and that wealth back home. number four making it simpler, that benefits everyone. the current code already benefits the wealthy and the well-connected. they hire attorneys and accountants, some of them hire lobbyists to help them change the code. it's put it on a postcard or through an app so that people can simplify or get b

ron wyden, senator from oregon, he tweeted, it's a double standard.orporations get permanent breaks while wage earning families get the rug pulled out from under them. corporations will still get to deduct the state and local taxes, but -- corporations will still be able to write off their interest payments. is that what you think they are basically going to try to do? >> that's certainly part of it. the republican argument is that -- look, permanent corporate tax cuts are worth going to generate canonic growth. if you make those temporary, you are going to lose the whole point of doing this bill. they are a hard thing to give up on some of that. democrats will make the argument. they will also look at the estate tax, which benefits the very small sliver of the country. they are going to be looking for what we call the distribution staples, who wins, loses. like we talked about before, you will see the battle of the sample families, where republicans will talk about in 2018, a two parent household making $60,000 seeing a big tax cut. democrats will fi

>> senator ron wyden, thank you. >> thank you. >> that does it for "all in" this evening. "the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> tonight attorney general jeff sessions in the hot seat and now says he remembers the meeting with george papadopoulos and donald trump, largely because there's a photo of him at the meeting. >>> plus roy moore speaks out amid the scandal that has rocked alabama and the republican party. >>> and president trump back in the white house tonight after promising a statement upon his return. all of it getting under wade on a tuesday night. >> day 299 of the trump administration. and as of about two hour ago the president is back home at the white house, just returning from a 12-day trip to asia. while he was gone republicans largely disowned their u.s. senate candidate in alabama, democrats picked up elected offices in communities large and small especially in the commonwealth of virginia. and we saw several big headlines in the russia investigation. one of them involving his own son. he also comes home to a new poll that finds just 40% of am

hostage till the end of the year when it has strong bipartisan support, ron wyden, orrin hatch have a bipartisan deal in the senate. this is a program that democrat and republican governors want us to fix and we have a deal. the republican leadership has decided that they want to not do it so they can make it part of these year-end negotiations. chris, in virginia, for example, next week, in december, letters start to go out telling people in 60 days you could lose health insurance. families getting these letters right before christmas about their kids losing health insurance. what a horrible thing. i am confident we're going to fix c.h.i.p. but do it before we send out these letters to rattle everybody's cages and scare them before christmas. the republicans are holding it hostage to get something they want. we're not walking away unless there's a deal that keeps c.h.i.p. going. >> c.h.i.p. is basically done, it could be brought up for a vote, it's being held and slow walked. >> right. >> the tax bill is being rushed headlong. why are they rushing so fast on the tax bill? >> chris, t

ron wyden, ranking member on the senate finance committee, said this about tax reform and what the republicans are trying to do. >> senators head home at the end of the week for the thanksgiving holiday but majorities from the house and the senate are going to be hashing out the differences in their two bills. they're looking to cut a back-room deal. when you're reaching for the cranberry sauce, republicans are going to be reaching for your pocketbooks to give handouts to multinational corporations. reporter: so again, the effort to try to finish the work in the senate finance committee this evening. they could all go home thanksgiving. vote on the senate version after thanksgiving. reconcile house and senate, maybe give something for the president to sign before christmas. back to you. melissa: we'll see. politics as usual, adam. having to hear the back and forth. here is texas congressman jodey arrington, house budget committee member. >> thank you. melissa: that report is making the round this is morning how people who, many of whom don't pay any taxes at all, you're talking about very lowe

listen to what ranking member, ron wyden, on the senate finance committee said about where this is headed. >> senators head home at the end of the week for the thanksgiving holiday but the majorities from the house and the senate are going to be hashing out the differences in their two bills. they're looking to cut a back-room deal. when you're reaching for the cranberry sauce, republicans are going to be reaching for your pocketbooks to give handouts to multicorporations. reporter: trish, let's talk about the deal that some in the house and some in the senate might be talking about. as i do that, let's show, we have a graphic that has been made senators on the fence, may vote no, may vote yes. one of them susan collins, right now currented as a no. she is concerned that the man state repeal would hurt families because they would pay for more insurance. they is concerned about the loss of the state and local tax deduction. the senate wants to get it out totally. some in the house want to put back the deduction for property taxes. you might get senator collins back on board with a yes if t

dagen: i have a big issue with what senator ron wyden had to say, you are starting to see sloganeering from the left, basically talking about how this is going to kill lower and middle income people, the numbers do not stand up to that in logic. maria: a bitter back and forth on the senate floor with senator hatch and senator brown. joining the conversation's council of economic advisers chairman, texas congressman louis gohmert joins us and federal reserve president and ceo, robert is with us. and jack brewer is here. our top story is clearing the hurdles to tax reform. republicans paved the way for the most brand of tax code overhaulin' three decades, the house passed the tax the last night while the senate finance committee teed up its version of the legislation for a full vote. >> 227, and as 205, the bill is passed. without section motion to reconsider is laid upon is able. >> from the start we said failure is not an option of the president, every step of the way with us, has been a tremendous partner on this issue. i got to say how proud i am of this conference. >> tax reform is

you had the ranking member ron wyden all of sudden saying this is health care bill.democrats think this is an opportunity to mobilize people and draw attention to more problematic areas they see in the bill. >> i'll shift to the other big topic and that's related to sexual harassment coming out of the election in alabama and our expert from alabama joyce vance being a former u.s. attorney from alabama. what are you watching on the ground? we were getting a report from our myra rodriguez who was saying just look at the fundraising, right now it looks like doug jones could potentially and is very probable he'll out spend ray moore. is that going to be the key issue in alabama to winning here? >> so it seems from the numbers we are seeing this morning, that jones, the deck cramocrat is ou spending ray moore the republican. which would be unusual in any other race in alabama. but typically ray moore when he runs does not seem to attract the high fundraising numbers and engage in the big spending that many alabama republicans use. the real issue in this race will be wheth

ron wyden of oregon introduces legislation that would have forced donald trump to release tax returnsoins me now. why is it important given manafort? >> first of all, it's always been lowest ethical bar for a president. seems to me right now it would really help us connect a lot of dots. going all the way back to 2008, trump family said most of the portfolio came from russian money. tax reform bill we're talking about may favor the -- trump family has always supported. would connect a lot of dots and in a lot of ways like the paul manafort situation. when you get the details, for example i think the details about paul manafort are going to be so serious he's not going to be able to sweep them under those very expensive rugs he bought. >> let me ask you this, does congress have the power to make the president give you his tax returns? >> there's a complicated process, really involves the chair, orrin hatch and myself, ranking democrat, agreeing to set in motion a process to obtain the tax return, have the finance committee look it over if get them to go along, yes would be a policy for

here is what ron wyden, senate finance committee, ranking member, along with senator claire mccaskill had to say about changes which are coming. >> this redefines the scope of this markup. we didn't know anything about this. and that why it is so important that we get the time to address it. >> the the people this is going to hit, middle class people, that this bill was to be about helping. the way i get it, we'll make their insurance more expensive, create 13 million uninsured people, all to make sure that pass-throughs get a five or 6% cut in taxes? reporter: so the bottom line is, that the chairman's mark, the senate finance committee chairman, orrin hatch will get a new mark tomorrow morning around 9:00 a.m. we will begin again with mark-up. essentially, they're moving to try to get this out of committee by the end of the week. then perhaps a vote on the floor of the senate. right after thanksgiving. of course what is happening in the house, we'll start debate on their version of tax reform. that is going to start tomorrow with a potential vote thursday or friday. so this is all i

this senate finance committee between the chair, orrin hatch, and the ranking member, ron wyden and democrats now saying, now this is no longer a tax plan bill, but this is more a health care bill, so you can imagine the emotions are very high, as they object to a number of things here. this is a big difference. and it's a big change. and the main reason here is that senate republicans are taking this gamble, if you will, that they are going to be able to repeal the obamacare mandate and essentially pay for the huge tax cut. they can't get over $1.5 trillion in costs. they can't add to the federal deficit after ten years. if they do either one of those things, they're not going to be able to pass this with a simple majority vote. and that's really the goal here. they want to be able to pay for this and be able to pass it with a simple majority vote. so, what does this get them? essentially, it gets them revenue. we are talking in the tune of $338 billion, which would be needed to pay for this. and what happens when you repeal the mandate here? another thing happens. the young, the healthy, ve

i spotted progressives in that group, ron wyden, in other words. that six is going to shake the six republicans loos.? >> i don't know if they'll shake the republicans loose. it was a missed opportunity by mitch mcconnell to bring them on board. >> was he allowed? >> i don't know if he was allowed. he made a decision early that this was a republican-only project and that the democrats would not be part of negotiating this. >> what is mcconnell going to offer them that the conservatives who have been pushing this -- >> not for an offer, they want to destroy obamacare. >> the senate was the one putting the mandates in this bill to repeal the mandates. so i don't know what the -- what mcconnell or any republican senators are going to offer a mansion and others. >> i love personal politics. mccain doesn't like this president, flake doesn't like this president, corker doesn't like him. will those three guys go over to vote the tax bill to make themselves look good. would they keep the love affair with their contributors than their anger against the pres

they are marking up, they are reviewing their plan, the senate republican tax plan, that's ron wyden there on your screen, the ranking democrat on the senate finance committee. we expect -- we have live coverage for you over on c-span3 of the senate finance committee. you can also find that online at c-span.org. outside of are also he meeting room in the capitol where house republicans will be gathering, now that they gaveled out. making their way to the meeting room. president trump as we mentioned, expecting to leave the white house shortly. and speak to republicans before that vote, which is expected this afternoon sometime shortly after -- between noon and where house republicans will be gathering, now that they gaveled out. making their way to the 1:00. we hope to have any comments from members, possibly from the president if he makes a statement before or after his meeting, we'll aim to bring that live to you as well. we'd love to hear from you, too, if you're watching the debate. your thoughts on the tax reform debate. here's how to be part of that conversation. democrats use

i was asked by ron wyden to tell you this quick story of one ford was in pittsburgh. the rights were beginning. demonstrations at the white house. that he was home alone. he was in pittsburgh on a monday. i got a hone call from the white house doctor, who said, "can i talk to you?" "yes, sir." "the president wants you to do him a favor. i want you to fly to washington and spend the evening with mrs. ford. she is alone at the white house. there is a lot going on, she's not feeling well, and you remember those days. you had to change plans to pittsburgh to get a light to d.c. twice a day. i spent the evening talking to her. the chants outside, the beeping of horns, the boo ing, all the tension was built. when he came home, he went upstairs pretty late, and she decided not to have dinner. just the two of us. he sat down. i don't want to break your image of jerry ford, put in his early years he drank martinis. depressed a little -- he pressed a little button on his chair and intend this little stuart, filipino. "i will have one." what are you going to do, turn down the pr

dollars in 2005 the one year for which we have his tax returns.democrats are promising to fight it sen ron wyden/d-or "it's designed to offer what appear to be enough crumbs for some middle class folks in o to distract from the multi-trillion dollar giveaways (catherine) it's not just democrats who are opposed to the tax code rewrite, lawmakers from both parties say it unfairly penalizes taxpayers who live in states with high local taxes. vicki and grant? (grant) president donald trump's former campaign chairman will remain on house arrest at least through the weekend. paul manafort and his business associate rick gates appeared in court today. a federal judge is keeping them on house arrest -- but scheduled a bond hearing for monday to revisit the matter. in the court hearing today-- manafort's lawyer asked the judge to take off g-p-s monitoring. the judge declined, saying she wanted more information. the judge told the lawyers on both sides not to discuss the case publicly and to limit their statements to the courtroom and to court documents. (vicki) a warning about faulty fire extinguishers t

he says were made to the bill overnight in secret to get hesitant republicans on board..senator ron wydenthey'll get the votes by even handing more breaks to the people at the top, the powerful, the multinational corporations, the campaign donors.natsrepublican members of the committee who were heckled as the entered the room all voted in favor of the tax reform bill.including south carolina senator linsday graham.lindsay graham / south carolina (r)if this bill works the way i think, all these loud people will have proven to be loud. and i will have proven to be right. if it doesn't do what i think it will do, then we will lose. so we're going to rise and fall on how this affects the american people.nat pop bernie sanders cheeredall of the democerats voted against the bill.the vote means the full senate can now vote on the tax reform plan which is expected to happen later this week.in washington alexandra limon. ( pam ) san francisco- based uber is now being accused of using ex-cia agents to spy on rivals overseas. today, former security manager richard jacobs testified... that the ride-s

for example, senator ron wyden sent out this statement just after the president made his announcement. he said, i quote, i will closely scrutinize mr. azar's record ask his commitment to faithfully implement the affordable care act and take decisive action to curtail the runaway train of prescription drug costs. even though, neil, this is somebody that has been through the confirmation process, unanimously azar was passed by the senate, this is a whole new fight now of course with the obamacare fight ahead. neil? neil: he will be very controversial now especially in light of last week's elections. thank you very, very much, my friend. blake best of your memory man. we're learning senator rand paul is tweeting coming back to the senate today. back in washington this is little more than a week after a neighbor broke five of his ribs. that was pretty scary stuff. a lot of people thought not only a lot of plane but difficult to fly. some doctors don't recommend you fly at all. he is. i don't know if he is flying. you could drive it from kentucky. he is coming back, a worry about one less

they are marking up, they are reviewing their plan, the senate republican tax plan, that's ron wyden there on your screen, the ranking

. >> the opening remarks from senate finance committee leaders orrin hatch and ron wyden. senate republicans released their tax reform plan last week. and you can find the bill and the senate finance committee summary at c-span.org's congressional chronicle. the complete returns tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern to begin going through the measure and we'll have live coverage here on c-span3. on thursday, the house is expected to debate their own tax plan on the house floor anticipating passage by the end of the week. as senate leaders have said they'd like to pass their tax reform package by early december. after that, republican leaders will need to combine the house and senate bills with the hope of sending the legislation to president trump's desk by christmas. right now, back to today's hearing beginning with opening statements from iowa senator chuck grassley. ing. > senator grassley. >>> i want to thank chairman hatch and his staff for their tireless work in putting together the chairman's mark. when i do that, i think i speak with some authority on the point that it tak

thsis man sitting next to you, ron wyden, he has crafted not one but two major tax reform proposals in the last several years -- not one, but two. with his leadership and hopefully the support of peter here, we can doin this. let's hit the pause button. >> i agree, we can do it. we have not been able, so far. >> a good day in the united states senate is hopefully a good day for the country, as we think about the opportunities to lower -- to lower taxes, and at the same time, create more jobs here at home. the two pillars of tax reform -- the first pillar is simple. let's make sure more americans can take home more of their paychecks. what does that mean? well, if you were a single mother, the average single head of household in this country makes less than $36,000 a year. what that means, take home more of your hard-earned money. what it means is about a 55% cut. burden underur tax our plan. well, we talk about the numbers of tax reform -- we can easily get folks lost. you can see their eyes glaze over. but we're not talking about the numbers. tax reform is about the people. not only i

among other things he served as a legislative fellow with senator ron wyden and he was a supreme court fellow and office of the late chief justice of the united states william rehnquist. matthew again welcome to the commission. last but not least ashley, i see her in the back, ashley is a new deputy general counsel with responsibility for administering law issues. however augustan interesting disposition is like italian fascism divest job at the commission at a know because i once held it. ashley joins commission from washington office of gibson dunn and crutcher. during her time there should focus on complex litigation, appeals and constitutional and administer law issues that she rips and corporate clients and association of rulemaking before federal agencies and she felt particular expertise in its communications and financial rails resected. prior to joining the firm she served as a law clerk to a judge on u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit and she was not a slouch and academic pursuits either. she gradually from princeton with honors and got a lot of great from a a school

>> the leaders of the community are in action and ron wyden has a history of making bipartisan deals. this is being structured as a partisan tax bill. it will be using the senate budget procedure, which will allow them to pass without any democratic help as long as they keep it below 1.5 trillion dollars in revenue losses over 10 years and abide by -- not increasing deficit after 10 years. the current initial draft does have a bird rule problem. we are likely to see some of those corporate tax cuts expire. we are awaiting to see the details in the coming days. >> when will the full senate be taking this up? >> the full senate is planning to take it up after thanksgiving break according to john cornyn. side, the ways and means community finished its work on the house madge -- house measure. what changes did the committee make to that measure? >> they made some detail changes. in 9% tax rate. it was a key concession to the business lobby and national federation of independent business came out in favor of the bill opposing it. there is still major problems in the bill for some of the re

>> the leaders of the committee orrin hatch and ron wyden have a history of making bipartisan deals. this is being structured as a partisan tax bill. it will be using the senate budget procedure, which allows republicans to pass without any democratic help as long as they keep it below $1.5 trillion in revenue losses over 10 years. and not increase the deficit after 10 years. the current draft of the senate bill does have a problem. they will have to change that in order to maintain the ability to pass it. we are likely to see some of those corporate tax cuts expire in the 10th year. we are waiting to see details on that. >> when will the full senate be taking this up? >> the full senate plans to take it up after the thanksgiving break, according to majority whip john cornyn. >> on the house side, the ways and means committee has finished its work on the house measure. that's heading to the floor possibly thursday. what changes did the committee make to the measure? >> they made some detailed changes, especially to benefit small businesses. there is now a 9% tax rate for very small b

that is something that senators orrin hatch and ron wyden are still working on. >> our guest writes for cq roll call. follow her on twitter. thanks for the update. >> thank you. >> lawmakers have been reacting to the republican tax reform plan announced earlier today on twitter, house speaker paul ryan says, with the tax cuts and jobs act, the typical working family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes. democratic leader nancy pelosi tweets, reagan, bush 41, bush 43, they all tried trickle down economics and not once did it help working families. she adds the hashtag,

that is something that senators orrin hatch and ron wyden are still working on. >> our guest writes for cq roll call. follow her on twitter. thanks for the update. >> thank you. >> lawmakers have been reacting to the republican tax reform plan announced earlier today on twitter, house speaker paul ryan says, with the tax cuts and jobs act, the typical working family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes. democratic leader nancy pelosi tweets, reagan, bush 41, bush 43, they all tried trickle down economics and not once did it help working families. he adds the hashtag, #notonepenny. here's reaction on the house floor to the republican tax plan. republican tax plan will increase taxes on the middle class, explode the deficit, and undermine medicare and medicaid. it will saddle your children and grandchildren with more than a trillion dollars in debt simply to provide millionaires and billionaires with a massive tax cut. house republicans will argue , t trickle-down economics supply side economic, dynamic scoring will somehow magically save the day. but the notion that massive tax