ET (1600 GMT)Ī surprise endorsement by Republican Senator John McCain added momentum to the bill on Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 to close at a record and the Dow Jones index to break above the 24,000 mark for the first time. The lawmakers could move to a final vote late in the day after a procedural vote starting at 11:00 a.m. Senate debated the tax bill late into Thursday and adjourned as some of the fiscal conservatives were unsettled about the effect on the deficit from the bill. The tech-heavy Nasdaq futures were down about 0.4 percent, while the S&P 500 and Dow futures pointed to a slightly lower opening for both. stock futures pointed to a reversal of some of this week’s gains for Wall Street on Friday, as a delay in voting on a Republican tax overhaul kept investors on edge about its passage.
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