us rather than just voting in block against everything we try and come up with. >> finally a positive development for republicans, senator rand paul, a traditional deficit hawk signaled that he is a yes vote. we will see, guys. it looks like possibly a vote mid to late week this week. steve: all right. griff, before you go. i was reading this morning that apparently one suggestion is if there's a short fall of money in the federal coffers, the taxes could actually go up a little bit to make due with the short fall? >> that's right, steve. they are calling it a trigger. it's the trigger idea. even that becomes a problem under the senate rules. this is being passed under budget reconciliation. so you will hear a lot of that. it's going to take you into the weeds. at the end of the day, they have to appease one to get to the other. i'm not sure they have the math to do it right now. brian: of course that's senator corker and flake and daines worried about the deficit go up. that would ameal united