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Jun.23 -- Four days before the one-year anniversary of the release of his tax blueprint, House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a pep talk seeking to assuage growing doubts about the prospects for a major tax overhaul. Bloomberg BNA's Laura Davison has more on "Bloomberg Markets."

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