Next steps

OCTOBER

The Senate must pass a 2018 fiscal year budget plan, which would allow for tax changes to be enacted with a simple majority. Votes are expected next week. The House passed a $4.1-trillion budget plan last week.

The House and Senate must agree on a budget plan and adopt it.

NOVEMBER

A tax bill is expected to be introduced in the House Ways and Means Committee, in consultation with the Senate Finance Committee.

The House hopes to vote on the bill before Thanksgiving.

DECEMBER

The Senate then would aim to vote on the bill before Christmas.