Getty Nerdcast: Republicans reset on health care again





It’s time for Episode 64 of the Nerdcast, POLITICO’s podcast on the White House and politics. Tune in each week to geek out with us as we dive deep into the political landscape and the latest numbers that matter.

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Datapoint: 54. That's how many times Republicans voted in the House and Senate to repeal, change or undo Obamacare by the spring of 2014. And yet, the latest version of the Senate health care bill failed to garner enough support to move forward to a vote this week.

Datapoint: 15 percent. That’s the corporate tax rate the President Trump is reportedly seeking in a broad, sweeping tax reform — one that, for all the difficulty Republicans have had shaping a health care bill, observers are saying tax legislation will be ever trickier.

Datapoint: 48. That's the number of interviews President Trump has conducted with the much-maligned news media since he was inaugurated. The latest one, with The New York Times, revealed the president's thoughts on health care, his frustrations with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and even featured a cameo by his granddaughter Arabella Kushner.

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