Where is the Senate Democrats’ actual budget plan for 2012? Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, presented a proposal to his caucus in a closed-door meeting Tuesday, telling reporters afterward that the plan will seek to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion, with $2 trillion in spendings cuts and another $2 trillion in tax hikes. But Conrad hasn’t released any specifics regarding what cuts he would make or which taxes he would increase.

Nevertheless, there are some clues as to the specifics in the elusive Conrad budget plan. In an article Wednesday from Congressional Quarterly, Paul M. Krawzak reported on some details, which were told to him by an anonymous aide: