The 51-48 vote unlocks a maneuver that will allow Republicans to bypass the Senate's filibuster and pass Trump's tax, border security and military priorities this year without Democratic votes.

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.