Senate tax bill suffers blow as measure picks up support

Senate Republicans are running back to the drawing board on their tax overhaul after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a deficit trigger wouldn't pass muster. That followed a day of meaty,...

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Our main stories out of Congress tonight, one on sexual misconduct, the otheron taxes.We start with the Senate debating into the night on the Republican tax bill, as the measurepicks up some important support.Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage.LISA DESJARDINS: In the sharply political Senate, today, a meaty, substantive debate.SEN.JOHN THUNE (R), South Dakota: So, the argument again that this is somehow simply a tax cutfor the rich just doesn't pass the smell test.It doesn't comport with reality.Clearly, the numbers tell a very different story.LISA DESJARDINS: As Republicans seemed to fuse together over a bill that would affectevery American taxpayer, they say, cutting most business and individual taxes.But Democrats argue it's...