The Senate has approved Donald Trump’s tax and spending cut framework in a 51-49 vote, in a major win for the president.
The vote, which ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, took place largely along party lines.
However, two Republicans – Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky – joined Democrats in opposition.
Democrats tabled around two dozen amendments to the framework, including proposals to protect Medicaid, block tax cuts for the rich and prohibit the use of commercial messaging applications for war plans, but all failed.
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