President Trump says it “doesn’t matter” to him if Congress votes on a healthcare overhaul next week, when lawmakers return to Washington. 
 
 Trump a day earlier had expressed optimism that members of Congress could both pass healthcare reform legislation and prevent a government shutdown next week. 
 
 “Doesn’t matter if it’s next week. Next week, doesn’t matter,” Trump said Friday of a possible vote on a healthcare proposal. 
 
 “It’ll happen. You’ll see what happens,” he told reporters outside the Treasury Department. “No particular rush. But we’ll see what happens. Healthcare is coming along well.” 
 
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 The comments temper expectations for action on healthcare during a week in which Congress will be consumed by trying to broker a deal to keep he government running. 
 
 Lawmakers must pass a funding bill by April 28 to prevent a shutdown, but no deal has emerged thus far. Congress could decide to pass a short-term spending measure to buy more time for negotiations. 
 
 Given the complexity of the negotiations, Trump’s comments Thursday about healthcare raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill. 
 
 “I want to get both. Are you shocked to hear that?” Trump said at a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, when asked about healthcare and the potential shutdown. 
 
 Trump appears hungry to secure a major legislative victory ahead of his 100th day in office, April 29, even though he has recently denied caring about the milestone. 
 
 “No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!” he tweeted Friday. ||||| WH: Trump wants to do tax reform quickly, but right Friday, 21 Apr 2017 | 2:48 PM ET | 02:45 
 
 President Donald Trump promised to make an announcement about much anticipated tax reform next week, but it was not immediately clear how much he would reveal or what form it would take. 
 
 "We'll be having a big announcement on Wednesday having to do with tax reform. The process has begun long ago but it really formally begins on Wednesday," Trump said at the Treasury Department on Friday. 
 
 Earlier, he told The Associated Press that businesses and individuals will receive a "massive tax cut" under the package. He would not provide details of the plan, saying only that the tax cuts will be "bigger I believe than any tax cut ever." 
 
 The Dow Jones industrial average pared losses, briefly turning positive, following the news. 
 
 Then, the White House issued a subsequent statement to CNBC that appeared to soften that timeline: "The President was saying what we've been saying all along, that he wants to do tax reform as quickly as possible while still doing it right." 
 
 — Reporting by CNBC's Ylan Mui and The Associated Press.
– President Trump says he plans to introduce a tax reform package next week that includes a "massive tax cut" for both businesses and individuals, the AP reports. According to CNBC, Trump is promising a "big announcement" on Wednesday that will "formally" start the tax reform process. While he didn't provide any details, the president says his tax reform package will be "bigger I believe than any tax cut ever." The White House immediately tried to downplay Trump's comments, issuing a statement clarifying that what the president meant was "he wants to do tax reform as quickly as possible while still doing it right." Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Trump's tax reform plans had been derailed by the failure of the GOP health care bill, pushing back his original goal of having tax reform done by August to sometime before the end of the year. Speaking of health care, Trump said on Friday it "doesn't matter" to him if there's another vote on health care next week, the Hill reports. He adds there's "no particular rush." That contradicts reports from earlier this week that Trump was pushing hard for another health care vote in time for his 100th day in office, which is a week from Saturday. On Friday, Trump called the 100-day mark a "ridiculous standard."