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Weeks. a live look at the senate floor. they passed a vote to advance the bipartisan budget bill. next hour the final vote will happen. republican ran paul had been holding up the process. he keep in mind he objects to the large spending increase and their impact on the federal deficit. the senator is expected to approve the bill. we understand the final vote is happening now. lets go live to cnn phil matingly. following this. phil, we understand the vote is happening now. tell us more. >> thats...

Lets now bring in cnns phil mattingly following everything there live. phil, whats the latest? >> reporter: yeah, the senate is wrapping up. something we thought was going to happen hours ago, actually yesterday at this point. by a vote, george, of 71-28. the $300 billion budget deal, a bipartisan agreement, is now passed at least one chamber. as you noted, it has to go over to the house. its going to take a couple of hours to get that process through. but the u.s. senate on a bipartisan basis p...

>> and they will shortly. phil laid out perfectly the real dynamics going on. this is a very important group, a bipartisan group of senators. three republicans and three democrats who have been working to find a deal. the issue is that these are senators who are very eager to get a deal. these are the people who are most likely to be okay with whatever it is that they can come up with. the key and the way to crack the code on getting this into law is first and foremost making it so that this is ...

Can. phil matingly, our correspondent is getting information. update our viewers about what you are learning about this tentative bipartisan deal among senators. >> this is the gang of and meeting day in and day out trying to figure out a pathway forward. it is a separate group and not necessarily endorsed by leadership. they have been moving towards a final agreement right now. jeff flakes office said they believe they reached a deal and other people said they are in agreement on the principals...

Do. it would extend the government funding until january 19th, it would also include $3 billion to reauthorize the childrens health insurance program through march. include a short term extension of warrantless surveillance program that expires. also waive the automatic spending cuts that would come because of the deficit effect of the tax bill. also key to look at what this bill doesnt do. particularly given the grand ambitions of some lawmakers just a couple of weeks ago. its not a long-term r...

Symbolism in the mideast is important. you are getting a counter symbolism to what the president has done. >> nikki haley said they support a two-state solution. thats what the party conflict wants. clearly that was not enough to get those 128 countries to vote against the united states. there is also brewing here in washington a showdown over a possible u.s. federal government shut down. the deadline for a new spending bill to keep the federal government running is midnight friday. just a day a...

Victory if in fact it does happen, you know, have the votes to take it down unless some of the republicans see the light. >> reporter: and pelosi sharing the reality here. this is a republican issue. they dont need to worry about democrats if they can get their members in line. that the point, it simply hasnt happened yet. >> phil, as you know, the president, republicans, they call this a massive tax cut for the middle class. when you look at the numbers, actually, is this more of a corporate th...

Welcome back to the lead, senator marco rubio threatening to torpedo the republican tax plan to get what he wants. florida republican tells cnn that he is a no on the current legislation unless his republican senate colleagues expand a child tax credit. phil matingly is live on capitol hill, not the only republican senator to express unease with the current tax bill. are any of these republicans actually going to vote no? >> reporter: its an open question. one republican voted no the first time ...

For cancer and theres a big question mark whether or not he might be able to return to the hill to cast his vote on the tax bill potentially next week. thats still a tbd, then you have the wild card senator susan collins. the concerns are still there with the bill and senator marco rubio who tonight said in his current form, i cant support this bill. late word coming from my colleague phil matingly says senate leaders are making concessions to rubio, pull him in, potentially give him more money ...

As well. i want to read for the speaker. this is pure speculation as the speaker himself said he is not going anywhere any time soon. >> thats a non-denial denial. any time soon. pure speculation. right now. the speaker is somebody and it has been no secret who was a reluctant speaker as phil was saying. he was nervous about the job and impact on his family. he was quite nervous about dealing with the right in the party. the same conservatives that gave him trouble on the affordable care act and...