“Republicans are considering a far-reaching change to the budget process that would obscure the deficit impact of extending President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax cuts in order to avoid paying for them,” NBC News reports.
“It comes as part of a massive bill to advance Trump’s agenda that Republicans are seeking to pass on a party-line basis.
If the tactic is successful, it would upend long-standing precedent and change the accounting process for current and future lawmakers, with major policy stakes.”