WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate has advanced President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and increased deportation money, but there’s more weekend work ahead as Congress races to meet his Fourth of July deadline for passage. By a 51-49 tally and with Vice President JD Vance at the Capitol to break a potential tie, the Senate cleared a key procedural step Saturday as midnight approached. Voting had come to a standstill, dragging for more than three hours, with holdout senators huddling for negotiations and taking private meetings off the Senate floor. The Senate’s top Democrat has forced a full reading of 940-page bill. That began late Saturday and has continued into Sunday morning.
