The Republican chairman of the House tax-writing committee, Dave Camp (R-MI), is reportedly looking to pick up support from at least a few Democrats for the GOP tax reform plan, according to a story in Politico. The outreach follows previous indications that the House GOP would be willing to pass tax reform without the help of Democrats if necessary.

According to Politico:

On its face, a recent memo from Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA), released June 28, seems to be calling for an end to unrealistic spending cuts and austerity. But in calling on Congress to "replace" across-the-board spending cuts, called sequestration, the memo says very little about how to do this – which begs the question: replace sequestration with what?

The chairman and ranking Republican member of the Senate tax-writing committee today announced that they would take a "blank slate" approach to tax reform, assuming all tax breaks are eliminated and requiring senators to say which ones they want reinserted into the tax code.

The announcement was made in a letter from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Senators will have until July 26 to make their views known.