Trump: Budget passage allows for ‘large scale tax cuts’

By Anna Giaritelli

Published October 20, 2017 11:09am ET

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President Trump on Friday celebrated the Senate passage of the budget resolution, and said the legislation is on its way to clearing Congress despite Democrats’ opposition.

“The Budget passed late last night, 51 to 49. We got ZERO Democrat votes with only Rand Paul (he will vote for Tax Cuts) voting against,” Trump tweeted Friday morning. “This now allows for the passage of large scale Tax Cuts (and Reform), which will be the biggest in the history of our country!”

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