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Ways and Means chair hopes for bipartisan bill by year's end

House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith said Thursday that he'd like to pass a bipartisan tax package before the end of the year. Such legislation could include provisions that are due to expire at the end of the year, known as 'extenders,' as well as some health care items, Smith said, in an appearance at the Economic Club of Washington. The Missouri Republican said he would 'love to work with' Ways and Means ranking member Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on the package 'because there's a lot of tax provisions that I really care about that are expiring, or have expired, that are truly, truly bipartisan.' Advertisement Smith said he didn't include the priorities in the Republican party-line budget package because 'there's Republicans that really dislike those provisions.'