'That's what they're gonna do': Ex-GOP lawmaker predicts Republicans' next steps

Former Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) is predicting what Senate Republicans' next steps will be as they continue to tinker with the House spending bill before it heads to President Donald Trump’s desk.

CNN anchor Audie Cornish introduced the segment, quoting a story from NOTUS: “When NOTUS asked Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) what he expected to come from the meeting, he said ‘A miracle.’”

Cornish went on to say, “The group chat is back. The author of that story, subtle description of the nuanced conversations at play. What do you see?”

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“Yeah. I mean, look, I think that there are a lot of divides and splits over this bill,” the author of NOTUS morning newsletter, Evan McMorris-Santoro told Cornish. “Sort of what people actually want to see in it, how it's going to work. you know, these, these various lawmakers who are worried about their elections next cycle. Right?”

McMorris-Santoro went on to say, “But I will say this, we saw in the House a lot of this arguing, but Mike Johnson said we're going to pass it by Memorial Day, and they did. So we'll see what happens in the Senate.”

Dent then chimed in, “Remember, the only thing this reconciliation process is about is extending the 2017 tax cuts. All the other stuff, all the cuts, I don't think Donald Trump is particularly interested in it. All they want to do is extend the tax cuts. That is the complete and total—”

Cornish interjected, “Don’t you need the math to work to extend the tax cuts?

“No.” Dent said, “You don't need the math because what the Senate will do is they'll call it current policy, in other words, that the law is the law."

Dent later added the GOP "will say there is no impact on the deficit, and that's what they are going to do.”

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