Who benefits well, when Wall Street gives you a million bucks and you're killing the bill that Wall Street wants killed, you know, I think maybe there's a connection.
Paul Begala
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It is simply a fact that this is the largest deficit reduction package in a decade.
I think that the point that Reihan makes about this so-called doc fix, where doctors are going to be under-reimbursed under Medicare if they don't fix it, is absolutely right.
If even one amendment sneaks through, then the House would have to take up the changed reconciliation bill.
But if you care about the deficit -- I know Reihan does and a lot of our viewers do -- it is simply a fact that this is the largest deficit-reduction package in a decade.
I think the point that Reihan makes about this so-called doc fix, where doctors are going to be under-reimbursed under Medicare if they don't fix it, is absolutely right.
If Senator Coburn really wanted to stop sex offenders from getting Viagra, he would have put that amendment up when the big bill was being negotiated.
They are the agreed-upon arbiter here. And they're totally nonpartisan.
It costs a fortune, $200 billion. It is not in this bill. I do hope, when Congress takes it up, they pay for it. But that's a big debate.
I think moderates look at those people, and they are repulsed. And I think then the base looks at the fact that they lost.
The important thing is the big bill has passed. The president will sign it. That's the house. The house has been built, right? The structure is there. We're now going to argue over the furniture.





