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Current law. and the individual tax cuts expire after 2025. meanwhile, the standard deduction is almost doubled to between $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for couples. the new tax bill cuts the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% while taxing foreign earnings at lower rates and the bill offers an expanded child tax credit for some low-income families thanks to a push by republican senators marco rubio and mike lee. that more generous child tax credit was key in securing senator rubio's support for the final bill. as party leaders work to make sure they have the votes needed from gop holdout...

The midterm election cycle. eric: yeah. and that is, you know, something they're betting on. what if that doesn't work out? i mean, they say the average american is going to get about $1,600 or so in savings, but this thing is adding a trillion dollars to the budget deficit. >> right. eric: bob corker was big on that until he became a yes vote. >> right. the deficit concerns continue, and the polling on this has not been favorable for republicans. it's been in the 20s to 30% approval rating which is, basically, where obamacare was when it was passed seven years ago. and i think part of that mi...

Off yet. behind the scenes mcitch mcconnell has been working really hard. some saying he would come around. the hurdle in terms of what senator corker referenced why he wasn't going to be a yes on the initial bill was deficit concerns. that the fact that this bill even with growth worked in, according to several nonpartisan analysis would add a trillion dollars to the deficit over the course of ten years. that hasn't changed. there has been no significant change to raise revenue to try and address that issue. yet senator corker is a yes. and brooke i want to read part of his statement. >> plea...

They're not seeking to send him back to jail but it no longer backs a deal that would have released him from house arrest. the gop tax bill working its way through conference knit committee. republican senator susan collins says she may not vote for the final version. >> i always swayed until the final version of the bill is brought before us before i make a final decision on whether or not to support it. there are major difference es between the house and senate bills and i don't know where the bill is going to come out. >> collins' vote mportant. republican leaders can only lose two gop v...

Here's the calculation leaders made. they are going to cut bob corker loose. they are not adding a trigger to raise tax if it doesn't matchup. they are not going to try to address debt or deficit issues. they are going to move forward. jeff flake was paired up with the deficit concerns in his statement. laying out why he is a yes. his other concerns whether it's related to expensing or something outside the tax bill, a commitment from leadership that they would address the daca issue in a permanent manner in the weeks ahead. that's how he got to yes. the most interesting element is there were ...