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.

The Senate passed a Republican bill promoting President Donald Trump's immigration, energy and defense policies in the early hours of Friday.

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