McConnell Says Republicans Have the Votes to Pass the Tax Bill<br />Mr. Flake, in a statement, said he would support the tax bill after getting changes to a budget “gimmick” and a commitment<br />that Senate leaders and the Trump administration would work with him on a legislative solution on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.<br />“After weeks of fighting for Main Street businesses including Montana’s farmers<br />and ranchers, I’ve decided to support the Senate tax cut bill, which provides significant tax relief for Main Street businesses,” Mr. Daines said in a statement on Friday morning.<br />• An effort by Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee to include future tax increases to offset the deficit impact of the<br />bill was rejected by Senate leadership, prompting Mr. Corker to say he is unable to support the legislation.<br />“As revised, this bill will provide much-needed tax relief<br />and simplification for lower- and middle-income families, while spurring the creation of good jobs and greater economic growth.”<br />Party leaders also picked up the votes of three other holdouts: Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines and Mr. Johnson.<br />Mr. Corker had pushed to scale back the tax cuts in the Senate bill in the wake of a report from the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation<br />that projected the bill would add $1 trillion to deficits over the course of a decade, even after accounting for economic growth.<br />“Having secured these key improvements in the bill, as well as the commitments to legislation to help lower<br />health insurance premiums, I will cast my vote in support of the Senate tax reform bill,” she said.
