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Senate Republicans Have the Votes to Pass Their Tax Bill

Published: Dec. 1, 2017, 10:51 p.m.

b'Senate Republicans have the votes to pass their tax bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters late Friday morning after meeting with his caucus. The GOP senators were all smiles on the Senate floor afterwards\\u2014except for Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, who appears to have gotten rolled. Johnson announced his support for the bill earlier in the day. The deduction for pass-through businesses, which the original bill pinned at 17.4 percent, will now be 23 percent.'