Senate poised to vote on Trump’s big tax-and-spend bill after all-night talks

Upper chamber appears to be heading for conclusion after debating amendments for more than 24 hours

The Senate on Tuesday appeared on the verge of voting on Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending bill, after Republicans spent all night locked in last-minute negotiations to win the support of holdouts for the president’s top legislative priority.

Signs were emerging that a deal may finally be at hand to pass the “one big beautiful bill” through the Senate and bring it closer to enactment on 4 July, the deadline Trump has set for the bill that will fund a number of his administration’s priorities – including a sweeping crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a number of new tax breaks – to reach his desk.

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