House Republicans who are part of the so-called “SALT caucus” could notch a political victory over their Senate GOP colleagues as negotiations over the “big, beautiful bill” reach the home stretch, the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday.
The caucus, comprised of GOP representatives in high-tax states, pushed hard to quadruple the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions in the House bill to $40,000, and it doesn’t appear as if Senate Republicans, who wanted to negotiate down that cap, will be able to do so.
That’s because SALT Republicans have shown they are willing to stand firm and withhold votes for the entirety of the megabill unless they get a major increase to the SALT cap. House Speaker Mike Johnson, with a razor-thin majority, can’t afford to lose any Republican votes.
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