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White House threatens to bypass conservatives on tax reform

WH has warned rebellious conservative lawmakers that they should get behind President Trump's agenda

Donald Trump, Mike Pence
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US President Donald Trump (centre) at the Oval Office with Vice-President Mike Pence (right). Trump has scolded hardline conservatives, who rejected legislation backed by the White House to overhaul Obamacare

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Fresh off a defeat on US healthcare legislation, the White House warned rebellious conservative lawmakers that they should get behind President Donald Trump's agenda or he may bypass them on future legislative fights, including tax reform.
 
The threat by White House chief of staff Reince Priebus to build a broad coalition on tax reform that could include moderate Democrats came as the Republican head of the tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives said he hoped to move a tax bill through his panel this spring.
 
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said his committee had

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