only republican votes. so that's significant. that's important. certainly another stumbling block ahead especially because you have a lot of budget hawks you here on capitol hill who are nervous about the additions to the deficit and certainly this make them even more nervous going forward. today up here on capitol hill, the house ways and means committee continue working through their markup of their bill and certainly leadership is trying to project some confidence. they say they're moving in the right direction, but there are considerable sticking points still left on the table. they're going through the nitty gritty sticking points over as always the elimination of a state and local tax deduction, exice taxes, so-called pass-throughs for businesses and corporations, a lot of issues still on the table. that over in the house, now over here on the senate side they're working on their own bill. the finance committee is set to debut that bill tomorrow. they'll begin marking up their bill next week. a lot of things have to come together to make these bills go forward. but as of now, leadership