democrats on the stopgap spending measure that goes out at the end of the year. ,oining us is sharyn o'halloran political science. let's kick it off with you. when you look at this tax legislation, what is the first thing that comes to mind? sharyn: what you know is that -- itt you note, is that one, does give a lot to many of the different demographics. tax cutse individual and you do see what was really important and what wasn't agreed to very early on in the administration was the corporate tax, which put the united states talk with their peers. the other thing you note is it is aggressive when you look at the tax rates and that is new in our tax system. carol: is it a good change to the tax system? sharyn: it depends where you are sitting. carol: it is good for corporations. sharyn: yes, it is good for corporations. it will have a sense in which you are going to be competitive with the other countries, so there will be less arbitrary that way. does in some way reduce some of the loopholes within the tax bracket that are inefficient, and that is good. thater, you see over time some of the bi