Pence, Ryan tag-team on tax reform

Washington

VICE-PRESIDENT Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan aimed to project a united front on tax reform at a joint appearance on Tuesday, and in a sense, they did.

"The Internal Revenue Code is twice as long as the Bible, with none of the good news," Mr Pence told a Washington, DC, conference of manufacturing magnates. An hour later, Mr Ryan repeated the line nearly verbatim.