something in return for her acts to this point. that is the state and local tax deduction. the senate matching what the house did essentially allowing the property tax deduction, capped at $10,000. then wuf the deficit, job corker, jeff flake, they've made very clear it shouldn't add to the deficit in the long run. how are they going to accomplish that given that growth, this kind of magical thing they can't prove with numbers on the outset doesn't necessarily prove itself out? well, they want a deficit trigger, essentially a mechanism that would snap the tax rates back to where they currently stand if the growth projections don't play out. still a couple of days to go. still a lot of complicated issues to work out. no question about it. compared to where they were tuesday morning, by wednesday morning they're in a much, much better place. >> all right. >> no question about that. as phil points out, all these concerns seem small in compared to their concerns over their survival as a party over their chances of re-election if they