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Here’s what you need to know:

Getting to a yes on tax cuts.

• Republicans sound increasingly optimistic about the fate of the Senate’s tax bill, after the Budget Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to advance the $1.5 trillion package. Follow the latest developments on our live briefing.

Here’s what the bill would mean for 25,000 middle-class families.

With a procedural vote planned today, the Republican mood is far different from earlier this year: “At this point in the health care debate, people were walking out and talking about each other’s mamas and getting mad and it just wasn’t healthy, it wasn’t productive,” one senator said. “It was like a bunch of kids in the back of a minivan.”

• Also on Tuesday, the effort to avert a government shutdown next month got off to a rocky start after talks between President Trump and Democratic leaders broke down.