And let the great debate begin.

Welcome to Mass Ave.

We're here bringing you conservative news, policy, and insights from the Stefts of Capitol Hill.

I'm your host, Emily Vanderbush.

And I'm Tommy Binion.

Welcome to our show today.

Countdown is on for tax reform, but also what we're looking at in today's show is the inclusion of repealing the

individual mandate. So we're going to have Bob Moffat here to talk about that.

Crazy interesting interview with Bob. We get into some CBO stuff in there. We get into some

coverage numbers. We're looking into our crystal ball for the future of Obamacare repeal. Stay tuned for

that. It's really interesting stuff. Yeah, a little bit of everything. But it is the week

before Christmas. Congress is in kind of a countdown to pass tax reform before the holiday.

It is a Washington week before Christmas, like all the others.

You know, of course there's a funding deadline at midnight on Friday.

And I love this.

This is like clockwork.

If we get within, I think the threshold from my back of the napkin and smartphone research is six days before a funding deadline, that's when the news starts talking about a shutdown.

Not seven days, not five days, six days.

That's exactly when the word shutdown shows up in the news.

So listeners can do their own research and prove me wrong.

But I think that that is my new rule of thumb.

Next time there's a funding deadline, it might be January 19th.

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