'BradCast' 3/9/2017: (Guest: Capitol Hill journalist Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo)
Republican leadership continues to ram their 'ObamaCare' repeal and replacement bill through House Committees today, even as the future of their American Health Care Act remains uncertain with Republican opposition in both the House and Senate, not to mention growing opposition from health care advocacy groups. But that's just one of the potential battles on the horizon between Republicans in the House, the Senate, and the White House. Donald Trump's budget proposal calls for a huge increase in military spending and, in order to pay for it, huge cuts to domestic programs across the board, including to the IRS, which will cost the government billions in needed revenue. (The IRS earns $4 for every $1 that funds it -- so why would the GOP and Trump want to cut it? We discuss.) But the question of whether Republicans in the House and Senate can come to terms with the White House is another matter. Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo joins us from Capitol Hill today to discuss what may lay ahead for the upcoming budget battle that could include, yes, another Government Shutdown and even an attempt by Trump to circumvent the law entirely.\xa0 We walk through the different ways this could go, and what to watch out for on this front in the days ahead. Finally, we close with a bit of listener e-mail from Costa Rica, on what national health care actually looks like in a civilized country...