Comment on White House looks past conservatives on tax reform — to Democrats

WASHINGTON — Fresh off a defeat on U.S. health care 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 been working on tax reform in parallel with the failed health care reform push.“We’ve never stopped working,” Brady told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.” “We will continue to make improvements.”Brady said the committee plans to move on the bill in the spring.