BREAKING!
CNN is reporting that the Senate tax bill just hit an unexpected snag. The Senate Parliamentarian has just ruled that the Corker “trigger” cannot be included in the tax bill under the Budget Reconciliation rules since it is impossible to score and therefore its budgetary impact cannot be determined. This sinks the one thing Corker (and maybe Flake too) said was needed for their yes vote on the bill. At this point this are up in the air behind the scenes as McConnell struggles to get yes votes from the Senate deficit hawks. The report says they are even talking about hiking the corporate tax rate from its proposed 20% (OMG) to get Corker’s (and other deficit hawk) votes to save the bill.
Since things seem really up in the air at this point, please feel free to use this as a LIVE Blog as you watch the Senate on C-Span to see if McConnell has the votes to pass it tonight.