Exclusive: White House doesn't foresee shutdown  Trump wants 20 percent corporate tax
FILE PHOTO:  U.S. President Donald Trump  speaks about tax reform legislation during a visit to St. Louis  Missouri  U.S. November 29  2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
In an interview with Reuters  Short also said  Trump  wanted a corporate tax rate of 20 percent in the tax cut package being debated in Congress despite the president saying recently that it could end up higher.
 Trump  held a meeting with Democratic and Republican leaders of Congress on Thursday to work on bridging differences over the U.S. budget and avoid a stop in government services.
âIâm hopeful that ... we find a pathway to get a two-year budget cap dealâ that enables budget writers to put together a bill for fiscal year 2018 with boundaries for fiscal year 2019 as well   he  said.
 Trump âs recent reference to a possible 22-percent corporate tax rate was only a product of conversations  he  had had with lawmakers  Short said.
âI think  he  was just reflecting what conversations  he  had heard from them  but that ... wasnât intended to signal: this is an endorsement of raising the corporate rate â  he  said.
Short said he expected Congress to approve the Republicansâ tax effort this year  though  Trump  may not sign it until 2018.
Short  who is the top interlocutor between the White House and Congress and has become a frequent guest on television to explain Trumpâs policies  suggested he was staying put despite a recent report saying he could leave the administration.
FILE PHOTO:   [TGT] speaks about tax reform legislation during a visit to St. Louis  Missouri  U.S. November 29  2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
In an interview with Reuters  Short also said   [TGT]   wanted a corporate tax rate of 20 percent in the tax cut package being debated in Congress despite the president saying recently that  [TGT]  could end up higher.
  [TGT] held a meeting with Democratic and Republican leaders of Congress on Thursday to work on bridging differences over the U.S. budget and avoid a stop in government services.
âIâm hopeful that ... we find a pathway to get a two-year budget cap dealâ that enables budget writers to put together a bill for fiscal year 2018 with boundaries for fiscal year 2019 as well    [TGT]   said.
  [TGT]  âs recent reference to a possible 22-percent corporate tax rate was only a product of conversations   [TGT]   had had with lawmakers  Short said.
âI think   [TGT]   was just reflecting what conversations   [TGT]   had heard from them  but that ... wasnât intended to signal: this is an endorsement of raising the corporate rate â   [TGT]   said.
Short said he expected Congress to approve the Republicansâ tax effort this year  though   [TGT]   may not sign  [TGT]  until 2018.
Short  who is the top interlocutor between the White House and Congress and has become a frequent guest on television to explain Trumpâs policies  suggested he was staying put despite a recent report saying he could leave the administration.