After an all-night session mostly consumed with voting down Democratic amendments, the U.S. Senate passed Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation megabill by the smallest possible margin: 51-50, with Vice President J.

A bleary-eyed Lisa Murkowski exited the Republican whip’s office early Tuesday morning with a coffee in hand, after more than 24 straight hours of backroom negotiations over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill.

Republican leaders worked through the night to win over holdouts as they race to pass President Trump’s tax and spending package by their self-imposed July 4 deadline.