Rachael Bade: Pelosi Is Tamping Down Impeachment Calls Because She Doesn’t Want to Overplay Her Cards

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Wallace President ░░░░░░░░ and Senate Democratic leader ░░░░░░░░ Schumer with very different ░░░░░░░░ of the new Republican ░░░░░░░░ plan And it s ░░░░░░░░ now for our Sunday ░░░░░░░░ GOP strategist Karl Rove ░░░░░░░░ for The Hill Juan ░░░░░░░░ Rachael Bade who covers ░░░░░░░░ for Politico and Jason ░░░░░░░░ from The Wall Street ░░░░░░░░ Rachel as our Congress ░░░░░░░░ on this panel I ░░░░░░░░ to ask you about ░░░░░░░░ tax plan What you ░░░░░░░░ of the prospects for ░░░░░░░░ plan What do you ░░░░░░░░ the biggest challenge the ░░░░░░░░ face getting it through ░░░░░░░░ to follow up on ░░░░░░░░ discussion I had with ░░░░░░░░ Ryan what about this ░░░░░░░░ of adding repealing killing ░░░░░░░░ individual mandate of ObamaCare ░░░░░░░░ part of tax reform ░░░░░░░░ BADE REPORTER Politico I ░░░░░░░░ the prospects are pretty ░░░░░░░░ at this point in ░░░░░░░░ I mean Republicans after ░░░░░░░░ to repeal ObamaCare they ░░░░░░░░ feeling this pressure right ░░░░░░░░ that they really have ░░░░░░░░ deliver on tax reform ░░░░░░░░ think I saw something ░░░░░░░░ week on the Hill ░░░░░░░░ bodes well for the ░░░░░░░░ and that is the ░░░░░░░░ went very fairly smoothly ░░░░░░░░ remember when they rolled ░░░░░░░░ the ObamaCare replacement plan ░░░░░░░░ the spring and within ░░░░░░░░ or three hours we ░░░░░░░░ it was in some ░░░░░░░░ because conservative groups started ░░░░░░░░ on calling it ObamaCare ░░░░░░░░ and they ve never ░░░░░░░░ from that And ultimately ░░░░░░░░ bill died This time ░░░░░░░░ we saw those same ░░░░░░░░ groups come out and ░░░░░░░░ the plan say they ░░░░░░░░ it and that puts ░░░░░░░░ on the House Republicans ░░░░░░░░ are often divided and ░░░░░░░░ about specifics on legislation ░░░░░░░░ actually get this done ░░░░░░░░ What about this idea ░░░░░░░░ killing the individual mandate ░░░░░░░░ part of tax reform ░░░░░░░░ not going to help ░░░░░░░░ is not going to ░░░░░░░░ it even more divided ░░░░░░░░ You know Speaker Paul ░░░░░░░░ who you just interviewed ░░░░░░░░ kind of sidestepped that ░░░░░░░░ little bit Turns out ░░░░░░░░ thinks it s going ░░░░░░░░ complicate the bill We ░░░░░░░░ heard this privately He ░░░░░░░░ very reluctant to mix ░░░░░░░░ care and taxes because ░░░░░░░░ are already complicated enough ░░░░░░░░ you add a repeal ░░░░░░░░ the individual mandate it ░░░░░░░░ make things harder However ░░░░░░░░ Cotton is really pushing ░░░░░░░░ in the Senate He ░░░░░░░░ close with President Trump ░░░░░░░░ my understanding is he ░░░░░░░░ this to the president ░░░░░░░░ got him on board ░░░░░░░░ President Trump obviously tweeted ░░░░░░░░ this this week That ░░░░░░░░ pressure on Speaker Ryan ░░░░░░░░ the Ways and Means ░░░░░░░░ Kevin Brady to actually ░░░░░░░░ this So right now ░░░░░░░░ are not panning it ░░░░░░░░ right publicly They don ░░░░░░░░ like it privately We ░░░░░░░░ just have to see ░░░░░░░░ it goes.