President Trump praised the Senate’s passage of its 2018 fiscal budget as a “really big deal” in an early-morning tweet Saturday and accused the mainstream media of “barely” covering the bill.

“Budget that just passed is a really big deal, especially in terms of what will be the biggest tax cut in U.S. history - MSM barely covered!” Trump tweeted.

Budget that just passed is a really big deal, especially in terms of what will be the biggest tax cut in U.S. history - MSM barely covered! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2017

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Senate Republicans passed the fiscal 2018 budget on Thursday night after a long voting marathon on the Senate floor. Senators voted 51-49 to pass the bill, with Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulWhite House pleads with Senate GOP on emergency declaration The Hill's Morning Report — Emergency declaration to test GOP loyalty to Trump The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump escalates fight with NY Times MORE (R-Ky.) joining every Democrat in opposition to the bill.

The bill is key to Republican efforts to pass tax reform because it includes instructions that allow such a bill to avoid a Democratic filibuster.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellWhite House pleads with Senate GOP on emergency declaration Senate Dems seek to turn tables on GOP in climate change fight Pence meets with Senate GOP for 'robust' discussion on Trump declaration MORE (R-Ky.) praised the passage of the budget bill and said it would lead to passing the GOP’s tax-reform plan.

“Passing this budget is critical to getting tax reform done, so we can strengthen our economy after years of stagnation under the previous administration,” McConnell said.



Trump also touted the passage of the bill in a series of tweets Friday morning.

"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," Trump said.

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