President Trump will begin a tour next week to boost the chances for tax reform, and will start with a visit to Springfield, Missouri.
The Wednesday stop will be the first in a series of stops around the country, according to the White House.
National Economic Council director Gary Cohn said in an interview published by the Financial Times Friday that rallying support for tax reform would move to the top of Trump’s agenda in the fall.
White House officials have long said that Trump would press the case for tax reform in the states of members of Congress whose votes he needs. Congressional Republicans have said he will need to play a leading sales role for tax reform to advance in Congress.
Missouri, which Trump carried by 19 points, is represented in the Senate by Republican Roy Blunt and Democrat Claire McCaskill. McCaskill is thought to be one of the most vulnerable senators in the 2018 midterm elections, but has not yet been pressured into siding with Trump in big votes.
This week, while Congress was out of session, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, also toured different parts of the country to generate publicity for tax reform.
