washington u.s. treasury secretary steven mnuchin cast doubt president donald trump chance cut corporate tax rate 15 percent trump meet six senators include three democrats set clear condition future cooperation tax president crank publicity campaign build public support general goals low simple tax detail tax plan complete propose white house republicans control congress even months discussion within party basic question unanswered whether tax cut design add federal deficit debt deeply business individual rat cut mnuchin tell conference new york host cnbc tuesday trump president say months would like cut corporate income tax rate 15 percent 35 percent mnuchin top tax adviser trump say know able achieve give budget issue go get competitive level late day trump hold dinner white house six senators reflect new willingness engage political opposition three democrats attend dinner contrast republican leaders congress try year write tax bill ignore democrats also attend vice president mike pence white house economic adviser gary cohn mnuchin pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey one attendees say conference call late trump talk competitive business tax end taxation u.s. corporations foreign profit middle-class tax cut meal trump take senators tour west wing late democrats express openness work trump tax stress certain condition west virginia democrat joe manchin say statement would continue fight simple tax code must without add stagger debt north dakota democrat heidi heitkamp say statement dinner good discussion tell president tax package must support work families farmers overhaul tax code one trump main campaign promise 2016 make little progress toward nearly eight months office yet win passage congress major domestic policy legislation besides manchin heitkamp others dinner indiana democrat joe donnelly three republicans senate finance committee chairman orrin hatch fellow tax panel republicans john thune toomey donnelly say statement tax reform include measure support company invest workers penalize company ship american job foreign countries major concern tax cut federal budget deficit would balloon tax rat cut deeply without provide offset federal spend reductions closure tax loopholes politically difficult task white house budget chief mick mulvaney tell fox news tuesday hop tax reform would revenue neutral suggest overly concern deficit national debt 20 trillion need big dramatic tax reduction tax reform possibly get mulvaney say mnuchin decline say business tax rate achievable say incredibly hopeful tax plan could enact year add could retroactive january ask trump would hold 15 percent corporate rate white house spokeswoman sarah sanders say president prepare push low rate get republican paul ryan republican speaker house representatives say last week number hard make trump 15-percent corporate tax rate target work ryan set goal around 22.5 percent trump legislative affairs director marc short say christian science monitor event think best american people 15-percent corporate rate right now financial market rally trump election victory last november anticipation rapid tax cut especially corporations expectations fade likelihood pass sweep corporate reform diminish jack ablin chief investment officer bmo wealth management say research note democrats generally oppose tax cut wealthy americans negotiate clout congress early december resist tax change oppose also potentially include corporate rate cut trump may visit many 13 state sell plan tax cut voters come weeks white house say u.s. senate begin tax overhaul hear week republican senator john kennedy budget committee member tell reuters want tax plan specificity express frustration slow pace tax debate platitudes let see meat bone kennedy say tire screw around ... american people tire screw around u.s. corporate tax cut goal doubt trump din senators