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Corker won't let Trump feud affect tax reform: 'I'm all in'

By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL

Bob Corker on Thursday said his personal feud with the president will not affect his vote on Senate Republicans’ plan to reform the nation’s tax code. In fact, he said, he’s “all in.”

“Look, tax reform is our agenda. It’s the Republican Senate agenda,” Corker (R-Tenn.) told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday morning.

He added that he will “absolutely not” let his public spat with President Donald Trump shape his position on tax reform.

“It’d be like somebody in your listening audience representing their company, sitting across the table from someone they may have a low regard for, but are they gonna do something that’s gonna damage their company because of that?” Corker asked. “Absolutely not. I’m all in.”

The House is expected to vote later Thursday on the Senate’s budget resolution. Passage would allow the Senate to approve a tax reform measure on a party-line vote using the same budget maneuver Senate Republicans deployed in their unsuccessful attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare.