President Trump on Friday hailed the Senate's approval of a budget resolution as a critical first step in Republicans' efforts to implement sweeping tax cuts.

"The Budget passed late last night, 51 to 49. We got ZERO Democrat votes with only Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulSecond GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Trump seeks to flip 'Rage' narrative; Dems block COVID-19 bill MORE (he will vote for Tax Cuts) voting against," Trump wrote on Twitter.

"This now allows for the passage of large scale Tax Cuts (and Reform), which will be the biggest in the history of our country!"

The Budget passed late last night, 51 to 49. We got ZERO Democrat votes with only Rand Paul (he will vote for Tax Cuts) voting against..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2017

....This now allows for the passage of large scale Tax Cuts (and Reform), which will be the biggest in the history of our country! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2017

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The vote late Thursday night will allow Republicans to pass tax reform legislation with 50 votes instead of 60, meaning that the GOP will not need to rally any Democratic support for the measure.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) joined Democrats in voting against the measure, although that was because he believes the budget should aim to reduce the nation's deficit.

The budget resolution would allow the GOP tax proposal to add as much as $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years.

Trump and Republican lawmakers are pushing hard for the first tax code overhaul in decades, after efforts to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act floundered in the Senate earlier this year.