joining me from washington is kelsey snell from woech. and ezra klein, editor in chief of vox.d more than a day to soak in on the hill. how is it sitting? >> well, at this point, the big question is can mitch mcconnell get to 50 votes? that's how many he needs to get this to pass. they're using superb budget rules so they need a bare majority of 51 votes to pass. they can call in back-up from mike pence to vote one vote. they have 52 republicans in want senate and they can only lose two. right now we are looking at about four conservatives who have said they don't support the bill nonetheless current form but they left open a lot of wiggle room so they could potentially get themselves to yes with a few concession. the real question at this point is what will happen with moderates, like senator susan collins of main, and lisa murkowski of alaska, who have not yet committed one way or another. >> ezra, the four she mentioned, and heller and flake, mitch mcconnell has to do this dance with everyone. >> he does have to do this dance with everyone. and the question is what are diffe