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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Emboldened by the failure of Republicans to pass health care legislation on their own, Senate Democrats are seizing the opportunity to influence the coming overhaul of the tax code with a call for bipartisanship. But the overture got a frosty reception from Republicans on Tuesday despite recent musings about working across party lines. On Tuesday, 45 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump; the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell; and Senator Orrin G. Hatch, the Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, urging them to work with Democrats on a tax plan. The Democrats are reaching out as they have been trying to revamp their populist economic agenda and while Republicans are reeling from their failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Both parties are thinking about the Republicans’ ability to press ahead with their agenda while maintaining strict partisan lines. “We are confident that, by working together, we could modernize our tax system to increase working families’ wages, improve middle-class job growth, promote domestic investment, modernize our outdated business and international tax system and put in place sound fiscal policy,” the group wrote. Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, and Senator Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, organized the drafting of the letter, which lays out their priorities. Three Democratic senators who are up for re-election next year — Joe Donnelly of ... Link to the full article to read more