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Ryan and Bannon Forge Unexpected Alliance on Border Tax

  • House speaker working to sell tax plan to White House advisers
  • Taxing imports resonates with populist campaign message
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Ryan Unexpectedly Joins Forces With Bannon on Border Tax

House Speaker Paul Ryan has won over an unlikely ally to salvage his controversial tax plan: Steve Bannon.

Trump’s top strategist once described Ryan as “the enemy,” but now the former Breitbart News chief is the speaker’s best chance to win approval for his border-adjusted tax, which Republicans currently say has almost no hope of clearing the Senate.