Political Junkie: Tax Bill Vote Expected This Week Monday, December 18, 2017 | Sacramento, CA Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied at right by Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, walks to the chamber as Republicans in the House and Senate plan to pass the sweeping $1.5 trillion GOP tax bill on party-line votes. J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo It could be a significant week in the nation's Capitol with a vote expected on a controversial tax bill. Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins us from Washington D.C. with perspective on the politics behind the bill, what's in it and how it might affect Californians.