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Ryan says tax overhaul will include a bracket aimed at the wealthy

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Friday that the Republican tax overhaul will include a fourth bracket for the wealthiest Americans at the insistence of President Donald Trump to ensure that high earners don't benefit more than the middle class.

The bracket would be "designed to make sure we don't have a big drop in income tax

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