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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting April 2, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington. Neal, whose committee has jurisdiction over all tax issues, has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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WASHINGTON — A top House Democrat on Saturday ratcheted up his demand for access to President Donald Trump's tax returns, telling the IRS that the law clearly gives Congress a right to them. The government's failure to respond by an April 23 deadline could send the dispute into federal court.

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press April 13, 2019