As the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicks off in Maryland, conservatives will have an opportunity to reflect on their victory in 2016 — specifically, to reflect on what it means for the future of the movement.

Conservatives helped the Republican Party win both chambers of Congress, and their energy unquestionably rocked the race for the White House, resulting in a surprise win for President Donald Trump.

Trump’s Cabinet and his Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch, are also a home run for conservatives.

President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will speak at CPAC, which kicked off Wednesday but shifts into high gear on Thursday.

Washington, the media, and conservatives themselves are already asking what this new Trump White House means for the future of conservatism. CPAC, after all, was started by the American Conservative Union and Young Americans for Freedom in the 1970s as an annual gathering in Washington, D.C. for right-wingers from all over the nation.

It became a major pilgrimage for thousands of primarily young conservatives when then-Gov. Ronald Reagan of California took notice of the annual event, and began speaking at the gatherings.

Over the years, the event has helped conservatives find renewed vigor after defeat, as was the case in the 1990s, and in 2009 and 2010, after the Republicans lost the White House.

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This time, a first has arisen in CPAC history: the president, a CPAC alum himself, has challenged the traditional orthodoxy on several key issues, throwing open big questions for the conservative movement.

On the other hand, you don’t get conservatives truer than Pence. Trump’s Cabinet and his Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch, are also a home run for conservatives. So, while it appears Trump may not be the tectonic shift away from conservative policy that his Republican critics feared in 2016, it is still unclear how his influence will affect the most powerful base of the GOP. So here are some questions to ask at CPAC:

How Long Can Conservatives Wait on Obamacare?
Republican lawmakers may be worried about the fallout from repealing the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, and the fallout they could face from any new system imposed on the market.

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But conservatives at CPAC won’t be worried. Many of them likely want it repealed yesterday

Trump has pulled back expectations on a quick repeal, sounding more like congressional leaders, who have suggested major changes to health care laws will take at least 200 days.

Conservatives will have to decide how patient they are willing to be with the new president and Republican majorities in Congress. Dismantling the federal takeover of health care under President Obama is of colossal importance to anyone who believes in small government — and the clock is ticking.

Does Small Government, Reducing Spending Still Matter?
Restoring and maintaining responsible federal spending and debt are staples of the conservative movement. Keeping federal spending in check is the surest measure of keeping the government from growing ever larger.

Reagan often railed at the growing size of the federal government, and that was in the 1970s. In the end, President Reagan had less luck in the White House trying to cut the federal government down to size.

Even Reagan likely never foresaw a national debt approaching $20 trillion, or an annual federal budget of roughly $4 trillion.

Trump and conservatives are largely on the same page, but Trump has some shopping items in mind. For one, he would like to spend at least $500 billion on a 10-year infrastructure bill.

Conservatives would prefer not to borrow to build — but all the easily produced offsets have long since been tapped.

Free Trade or Fair Trade?
CPAC will host a Thursday debate between proponents of free trade and proponents of Trump’s policy.

Taking the side of Fair Trade will be Breitbart Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak, accompanied by liberal populist Ed Schultz, a former MSNBC host who is now at RT (Russia Today).

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They will debate, among others, F. Scott Kieff, a commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission, who was appointed by President Obama. It seems, for now, old-style free trade has few defenders on the Right willing to engage in a debate before grassroots conservatives, many of whom have soured on complicated multilateral deals.

Neoconservatism vs. Isolationism?
Trump made clear on the campaign trail he is skeptical of foreign wars and entanglements.

And here alone he doesn’t need a debate: The president conducts foreign policy. Trump has made clear he wants to focus on the war on terror, targeting ISIS and al-Qaida.

Some Republicans want Trump to also forcefully support NATO and oppose Russia.

Foreign policy was a top topic for the last 44 years at CPAC — those were the days of the Cold War and the War on Terror — but there are surprisingly few foreign policy forums at the gathering this year.