After more than an hour of debate, the Senate passed Senate Bill 3095 mostly by party lines. Despite the idea of a tax cut being a sticking point for GOP leadership this year, some Republicans voted against the bill, noting that it did not lower taxes on Mississippians but raised them on the gas tax.

After a roller-coaster night in the House, Congress now moves to negotiations as the Senate continues to push for two bills and the House argues for one.

The U.S. Senate passed a Republican bill promoting President Donald Trump's immigration, energy and defense policies in the early hours of Friday morning, despite Trump's preference for a House of Representatives version of the bill that would include trillions of dollars in tax cuts.