The Finance 202: Rubio’s last stand highlights tax bill’s corporate skewby wpjljron Friday, December 15th, 2017.The Finance 202: Rubio’s last stand highlights tax bill’s corporate skewTHE TICKER Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) Want more stories like this? Sign up here. At worst for Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio’s opposition to their tax package sinks the bill. If he remains opposed, as does, say, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), only one more Republican defection would mean failure. Much more likely, […] THE TICKER Want more stories like this? Sign up here. At worst for Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio’s opposition to their tax package sinks the bill. If he remains opposed, as does, say, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), only one more Republican defection would mean failure. Much more likely, leaders reach an accommodation with the Florida Republican that satisfies his demand for expanding the child tax credit.