Senate Republicans are pushing to adopt a budget blueprint this week to kick off a complex process to advance President Trump’s tax agenda.

The framework follows weeks of bicameral negotiations between GOP leaders after Republicans in both chambers introduced drastically different budget plans earlier this year.

However, the new plan includes several differing instructions for the two chambers as they craft a final bill, pushing off tackling some key issues for later when it comes time to decide what makes the cut in Trump’s long-awaited “big, beautiful bill.”

Here are several big questions the new blueprint leaves unanswered.

Which of Trump’s tax cut proposals will make it in?

Senate Republicans say the new budget plan will pave the way for the party to make permanent Trump’s signature 2017 tax cuts that are set to expire later this year – but there’s still uncertainty about which other proposals could wind up making it in the eventual package.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Wednesday that he determined that “current policy will be the budget baseline regarding taxation,” moving forward with an accounting method that would allow the cost of the 2017 tax cut extensions to be ignored.

However, the resolution also features instructions for the Senate’s tax-writing committee detailing a cap of $1.5 trillion for further changes that would increase the deficit over roughly the next decade.

Some of the tax pitches that have gained steam in recent months include proposals from Trump to do away with taxes on tips and overtime wages. There has also been some support in the party for raising the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap to provide relief for constituents in states like New York.

Fiscal hawks in the House, meanwhile, are crying foul over the scoring method the Senate is using to make Trump’s tax cuts permanent. They argue that........

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