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Retiring senator bob corker withholding his vote after a new report on the joint committee on taxation estimates the bill would increase the deficit by $1 trillion over 10 years and would not produce enough revenue to offset the cost of the plan. corker demanding a trigger to automatically raise taxes if the bill fails to generate as much economic growth. as promised. but the senate rule keeper declaring such a proposal would not be allowed as written. a showdown unfolding on the senate floor as a group of republican senators huddled around holdouts, corker, jeff flake, and ron johnson. >> i s...

Republicans jockeying what to keep in and take out and whether or not they have those votes. >> we are on the cusp of a great victory for the country. >> the battle of the tax bill hitting a snag, and corker withholding his vote thursday after a new report by the joint committee on taxation estimates the bill would increase the deficit by $1 trillion over ten years, and would not produce enough revenue to offset the cost of the plan. corker demanding a trigger to automatically raise taxes if the bill fails to generate as much economic growth as promised, but the senate rule keeper declaring su...