Senate Republicans are set to adopt a controversial accounting tactic, known as the current policy baseline, to effectively zero out the cost of their massive domestic policy bill. This maneuver, which allows them to erase the financial impact of extending $3.8 trillion in 2017 tax cuts, has faced strong objections from Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer accused the GOP of setting a dangerous precedent by sidestepping the traditional budgetary process and using a budgetary