BREAKING: Marco Rubio to Vote YES On Tax Bill (Fox, Sources)

By Caleb Howe | 10:30 AM on December 15, 2017

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, as Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, the U.S. representative to the anti-Islamic State coalition, testified before the committee. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Fox Business reports the breaking news this morning that, according to their sources, Senator Marco Rubio, who made big news yesterday threatening a “no” vote over the Child Tax Credit, will in fact vote yes.

It is not yet clear, they say, whether that is because he got what he was looking for or not.

Source to FBN: Sen. @marcorubio will be a 'yes' on tax bill. pic.twitter.com/qd4OXaUawR

— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) December 15, 2017

He was holding out for

For context on the numbers:

For context: 55% is the percentage of the maximum child tax credit that is refundable under the current Senate bill: $1,100 out of $2,000. So Rubio is using the current Senate bill as his starting point, and wants something "meaningfully higher." https://t.co/4la8rqehxg

— Scott Greenberg (@ScottElliotG) December 15, 2017

As I said with Corker, it is essential that every Republican vote “yes” on this critical tax cut for American families. Rubio committing to a yes is very good news indeed. Good for him.