Cornyn says Senate has the votes to pass GOP tax bill

A key Senate GOP leader said Friday that Republicans had secured enough votes to pass a massive tax package, expressing optimism after a night of high-stakes negotiations. Coming out of a meeting of Senate leaders, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) said, “We have at least 50, and we’re still working.” The comments from Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, came just hours after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he planned to back the bill. He was one of the final holdouts, though the GOP needed a little more help to ensure they had the 50 votes they needed. Cornyn did not say who else had committed to support the package.