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Matingly. he's right in the middle of all things over there. what's the latest, phil? >> reporter: wolf, the senate floor right now. what we're seeing is something that was not expected by senior republican aids, it was not expected by republican lawmakers, walking into the vote. right now, there is a vote on the senate floor, it's largely a pro forma vote, it is a democratic motion to send the tax plan back to committee. these are the types of things that are expected to fail. they failed already multiple times today. this is another effort on that issue. let me explain to you what's differen...

Are feeling confident, we're told, about their upcoming tax votes. supporters received a major boost from none other than arizona senator john mccain, senator mccain saying that he will vote in favor of this bill, even though he called it far from perfect. the white house says it is optimistic, given senator mccain's decision, phil matingly is our cnn congressional correspondent who is live now for us on capitol hill with the update here. you just got some new numbers on what this bill will cost. what is that? >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right, brooke, when you talk to republicans, they'...

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Comes with phil matingly and we have reporters here who are well sourced and i can tell you before i go to you that the president we are told was joking about his occasional battles with house republicans and said of the members he was gathered with, about 30 to 40% are fine people. this is according to a member who texted that to cnn. i think we have phil back. let's try that more time. >> it's not always the best of cell phone coverage. you guys saw -- [inaudible] i have to stress that -- [inaudible] . >> i'm sorry. as i think you said at the beginning, the cell phone coverage is not great. ...

John mccain who helped sink health care over procedural reasons. he wants to make sure it's moving here too. you get into the details of the bill, there is a significant tax cut. by 2021 in large part because of the appeal according to this analysis, those making between 10 and $30,000 a year would see an increase. anyone making under $75,000 a year because of the rate cuts phasing out would see an increase. republicans are pushing back on that analysis. you better believe democrats have seized on that and are pushing that forward. that will create problemsas republicans move through this leng...