Senate Republican leaders are backing off their pledge to deficit hawks to shrink the size of the tax package by $350 billion to $400 billion.

Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn John CornynTumultuous court battle upends fight for Senate Texas Democrats roll out first wave of planned digital ads as Election Day nears Calls grow for Biden to expand election map in final sprint MORE (R-Texas) told reporters after a meeting Friday morning that is no longer in the bill.

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“It’s not in the bill,” he said.

Instead, GOP leaders worked around deficit-minded Sens. Bob Corker Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerHas Congress captured Russia policy? Tennessee primary battle turns nasty for Republicans Cheney clashes with Trump MORE (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Republican former Michigan governor says he's voting for Biden Maybe they just don't like cowboys: The president is successful, some just don't like his style MORE (R-Ariz.) by securing the support of other holdouts.

Sens. Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonThis week: Supreme Court fight over Ginsburg's seat upends Congress's agenda GOP set to release controversial Biden report Democrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate MORE (R-Wis.) and Steve Daines Steven (Steve) David DainesMcConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Will Republicans' rank hypocrisy hinder their rush to replace Ginsburg? Toobin: McConnell engaging in 'greatest act of hypocrisy in American political history' with Ginsburg replacement vote MORE (R-Mont.) say they now back the legislation because of concessions to help small businesses.

Leaders won over Johnson and Daines by increasing the deduction for pass-through businesses to 23 percent — up from the 17.4 percent originally set by the legislation.

Daines said the increased deduction will be paid for by increasing the tax rate on repatriated foreign earnings to match the House-passed bill.

Deprived of leverage, Flake announced around noon on Friday that he would vote yes, settling for less than the $350 billion reduction in the total size of the tax package that he and Corker held out for the day before.

Initially, Flake and Corker wanted a trigger that would automatically reduce the size of the tax package if the economy failed to grow as much as projected after six years.

Instead, Flake won a concession to eliminate what he called an “$85 billion expensing budget gimmick.”

He also obtained a promise from Senate GOP leaders to work with him on legislation to protect illegal immigrants who came to the country as children — the so-called Dreamers — from deportation.

“Having secured both of those objectives, I am pleased to announce I will vote in support of the tax reform bill,” he said in a statement.

Sen. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsGraham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Gardner signals support for taking up Supreme Court nominee this year Tumultuous court battle upends fight for Senate MORE (R-Maine), a key moderate, said before the Friday meeting that she is undecided but praised the negotiations as making “good progress.”

Collins said she would announce her position on the bill in a formal statement later Friday.

Lawmakers emerged from the meeting confident they would get a deal.

“We have the votes,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Trump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE (R-Ky.) told reporters as he walked onto the floor after the meeting.

“I feel very good,” said Sen. John Kennedy John Neely KennedyMORE (R-La.). “Part of politics is drama. I’ve been in this business a long time and drama goes along with it, but don’t read too much into it.

“I think we’re going to have a good day,” he said.

- This report was updated at 12:24 p.m.