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Republicans confident of passing House tax bill: Brady

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Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee markup of the Republican Tax Reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

The U.S. House of Representatives Republican leadership is confident it has the votes to pass a tax overhaul bill when it comes to the House floor later this week, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means committee, Representative Kevin Brady, said Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Republican leadership is confident it has the votes to pass a tax overhaul bill when it comes to the House floor later this week, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means committee, Representative Kevin Brady, said Monday.

Debate will begin on Thursday, Brady, a Republican, told reporters in a Capitol hallway. &ldquo-Leadership believes, is very confident, that … we do and will have the votes for passage.&rdquo-

Brady said including a repeal of the Obamacare individual healthcare mandate in the tax bill &ldquo-remains under consideration.&rdquo- He said he had pledged to House members to keep in the bill a deduction for state and local property taxes, up to $10,000.

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