steve: president trump on the verge of a major victory. the u.s. clearing the vote yesterday. vote could come as early as tonight. mike lee joins us from the noisy russell row tundra. senator, good morning to you. good morning. good to be with you. steve: i know a whole bunch of new ideas were injected into this thing yesterday. what is the suggestion that you and senator marco rubio have to increase the child tax credit? marco rubio and i could like to end what s called the parent tax penalty. and we want to do that by making the child tax credit, which this bill would take up to $2,000. refundable up to the amount of taxes paid. including payroll taxes. in other words, we think that the child tax credit ought to be refundable up to 15.3% of earnings.
deal with democrats that had democrats celebrating. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying chuck schumer s celebration was premature saying it wasn t as good as he thought it was. mike lee from the senate judiciary committee. do you think they ll make progress with the dinner tonight? where do you see tax reform going? i don t know. what i do know is the american people are expecting and demanding tax reform. we have a tax code that punishes people for getting married and having children. i brought forward a proposal i ve worked on with senator marco rubio and ivanka trump that would end the parent tax penalty. i hope it s included in any package. shannon: you voted no on the aid package tied to the debt ceiling and other things. you say the american people deserve better. what we re hearing today from mitch mcconnell saying the way it s structured, the way it s