Republicans stake control of Congress on tax bill

The Republicans are staking their precarious congressional majorities on a broadly unpopular $1.5 trillion tax overhaul that could advance to President Trump’s desk on Tuesday despite encountering skepticism from core suburban GOP voters.

Republicans are counting on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to change the minds of unhappy voters who would prefer to have the Democrats in charge on Capitol Hill by an 11-point margin and consistently rate Trump’s job performance at around 40 percent, according to polling averages.