The Senate’s budget plan allows for extending the individual and estate tax cuts under a scoring method that treats them as not adding to future deficits, even though the Congressional Budget Office has projected the extension would cost more than $3.8 trillion over 10 years, not including higher interest payments.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to pass a budget blueprint setting the stage for legislation later this year that could make expiring portions of President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent.

The House is voting Thursday on a budget resolution laying out a framework for President Donald Trump’s leading legislative priorities — including tax cuts and immigration — after Republican leaders delayed a vote Wednesday night because of reservations from conservatives who want deeper spending cuts.