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lee. that was very important. he doesn't want to make anyone mad. stuartu're nodding your head. >> tax cuts are good for businesses. they're good for all people throughout the united states. republican and democrat alike. stuart: before we close, i have to say that was a tour deforce by the president. liz: it was. and the point is the fbi ranken file do not want to be perceived as police force acting as judge and jury putting presidents into office. they don't like that at all. stuart: a long time i've seen an american president come outside, meet reporters and go bang, bang, bang, bang. ashley: so are refreshing. none of that political talk. it is the way it is. i find it fascinating. i love it. stuart: there was one one reason or the other rotor that said when did you find out about the fbi -- dismissed that entirely. ashley: yep. liz: because it has been asked a million times already. stuart: nitpicking that they want to get into to get into russia. liz: why doesn't mueller step up here and say this is what we have into the russia story. he's been a yea

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thank sharon, brendan dunford, antonio, hazen marshal, erica suarez, terry van doren, dawn stuart and jane lee. joining senator mcconnell always has been our majority whip i thank senator cornyn for his efforts, shoring up support and addressing members' concerns from the beginning of this process up until final passage of the conference report. from the whip staff i want to thank monica popp and sam beaver. of course, when it came time to draft the senate's tax reform legislation, most of the real work was done in the finance committee. the committee bill was truly a shared product that included the input and addressed the interests of every majority member on our dais. without their work we wouldn't have had a bill and without their commitment seeing this through, we wouldn't have gotten to where we were. i want to thank senators grassley, crapo, robert, enzi, thune, burr, isakson, portman, toomey, heller, scott, and cassidy for the months of work that they put into producing and passing this legislation. i also need to thank their staffs who up until this week hadn't slept in months. my tha

stuart: okay, see what you can do for us next year, please, congressman because we are enraged here. thank you very much, leedin, frequent guest on the program. the democrats are repairing a year-long assault on the tax package. bernie sanders, his most recent tweet about it. don't -- doesn't it tell us a lot about republican priorities when the tax breaks for corporations are permanent while the tax breaks for working families expire at the end of eight years. harlan hill ready to get fired up. harlan: we were democrats and working on the bill. if democrats would have tackled interest. frankly the republican party is a big party. reasonable tax cut to all americans, particularly the working class and the middle class in this country, we could have done something really great here but no bill is perfect. and i believe that this is a step in the right direction. i agree with congressman lee zeldin and there are deficiencies and there always will be and there are monsters in washington. stuart: big donations and they said us, leave us alone. keep us with 23%. i have to move on because the president was tweetin

lee and longstreet finally arrived at thoroughfare gap, which relieved jackson. he was glad they were in their acidity, and went to taking out. now sleeping, his staff received word from general stuart's scouts that an eastern division was marching on the warrington pike. jackson's staff informed them of the intelligence. hunter holmes mcguire were membered the moment. he said general jackson sprang up and ran toward his horse, moving at great speed and directing to attack the enemy. quote, would say, "gentlemen, bring out your men." jackson had only part of his command. meanwhile, at 4:30 p.m., jackson ordered the chief of artillery move their batteries. the second virginia and second wisconsin would engage for 15 minutes before reinforcements arrived. jackson bringing the reinforcements, georgians and himself would be funneled in from the federal side as well. 30 minutes into the fight, general you will got the rest of his men in the action. every attack jackson had thrown at the federal men had been buried. by 8:00 p.m., jackson's command had finally achieved superiority in numbers along the line, and push the assault forward to clear the front. the losses of engagement were heavy

stuart: here's what has happened. they've taken money away from big businesses. about $100 billion spent over a ten-year period and marco rubio and senator lee "yes" until more. steve: right now 87 billion. >> it's sausage making at the very last minute. you also have senators corker and flake still publicly worrying about the deficit. but they're not saying i'm voting "no" because of the deficit. and you do have john mccain of mississippi. they are not well. john mccain is in the hospital. you have to be on the floor of the united states senate to cast a vote. so there's some element of doubt there. some element of doubt. >> corker also ill as well. stuart: correct. steve: he's expected next week. >> when push comes to shove at the very last minute, i just can't see the republican party say nope, we're not going to do it. we've come this far but just can't do it. steve: one other topic. you are antiregulation to begin with. yesterday the president made it very clear he had suggested that for every new regulation, he would chop two away. yesterday he announced that so far for every new regulation, he has chopped 22. stuart: this is wonderful

lee and a few others in the senate. there has to be a serious effort to educate the american people about why this is great for all americans because it is. stuartturn to peter for a second, i don't see a senator, i don't see anybody saying this is the greatest thing and this is going to get the economy going, i don't see that. >> i don't think they fully understand it to be honest because they moved quickly. changed that was principally for corporations and now has gotten better. the way we should investigate it and evaluate is, does it create more jobs, does it make wages go up, does it create corporate investment, if it does three things, this is a very fine bill. stuart: david, when does public opinion turn around on tax bill? >> as soon as the american people are educated to the facts that they just heard. peter is exactly right. this is -- this is what this bill does. it is -- it has gotten better over this past several days. it is for small businesses, for the pass-throughs, for individuals, this tax reform package, the first in over 30 years is going to increase wages. it's going to create new jobs, it's going to create competitiveness t