Why the Senate doesn’t have the votes it needs to pass tax reform

As the Senate prepares to vote on their version of the tax bill as early as this week, all eyes are on six Senators.

Three Senators, Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bob Corker (R-TN), and John McCain (R-AZ) are virtually immune from outside pressure as they are unlikely to face voters again. Flake and Corker are retiring and McCain is 80, just won reelection and is battling a serious illness. All three have expressed serious concerns about how much the tax proposal will increase the federal defi...