tax, which is a bridge too far for many of our members. >> the estate tax, which exempts the first $5 million on inheritance, a lot of liberal democrats feel this is a give away to the rich. but while it was seeming like democrats in the senate, at least, were starting to soften on how they felt about this compromise, you're seeing obviously their house democrats are not. by and large, republicans in the senate and house seem to be onboard, but with this lack of support really throwing into question whether there's going to be enough votes to get this through the house, john and kiran. >> if this doesn't go through, brianna, everybody's taxes go up as of january 1st. what are the odds of that happening? >> it's hard to imagine that would happen. not only that, but you would have millions of americans whose unemployment benefits start to expire and this compromise package would alleviate that. i think at this point the deadline is still the end of the year. but this is a staring contest. we're waiting to see who is