Ken Rudin: “It fascinates me that we don’t even have the final language yet for the Senate tax bill but Republicans say they have the votes to pass it. Why not just call for a vote now and write the bill some other time?”
We now expect the final vote to be 51 to 49, with Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) as the only Republican voting against the legislation.
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