The procedural vote was held open for more than three hours as GOP leaders worked to convince holdouts to let the package move to the floor.

The Senate is working to tie up loose ends on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” ahead of a high-stakes vote planned for Saturday. Republicans left a Friday lunch telling reporters the Senate would vote at noon to advance the legislation,

Senate Republicans took a major step toward delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” late Saturday, though the fate of the giant tax cuts and spending measure is still in question as other hurdles remain.