Republicans have proposed trillions of dollars in tax cuts that are all but impossible to make permanent with the party's slim majorities in the House and Senate. So now, Senate Republicans may use what one budget expert calls "weird accounting" tricks to push through cuts that are controversial even to some in their own party,

A controversial budget tactic is gaining steam on Capitol Hill that would make Donald Trump's first-term tax cuts permanent while making room for additional tax break pledges he made on the campaign trail.