Republican erupts at GOP leaders' offer: 'Nowhere near the realm of possibility'

President Donald Trump’s so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" hit another major snag Thursday when several Republican lawmakers from Democratic-leaning states voiced outrage over efforts to roll back tax deductions that largely benefit only the wealthiest Americans.

“It’s such a terrible offer that is nowhere near the realm of possibility,” said Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY), speaking with The Hill.

The House version of the megabill, Trump’s signature budget reconciliation package which calls for tax cuts and cuts to social safety net programs, originally included a provision that would raise the state and local tax deduction, or SALT, which limits how much Americans can deduct from their federal taxes based on how much they’ve paid in state and local taxes.

The SALT cap is currently set at $10,000, but was proposed to be lifted to $40,000 in the bill as it passed out of the House. The tax cut would deliver nearly all benefits to households making $400,000 or more. In its most recent version of the bill, however, the Senate has proposed dropping the SALT cap back down to $10,000, something LaLota and other key Republicans remain vehemently against.

Senate leadership proposed a compromise to LaLota and other SALT Republicans, who have specified that lifting the SALT cap is among their top issues. LaLota and others have called the proposal a nonstarter.

“If you all were buying a car, and you were presented a number by a salesman like it was presented by those folks today, you would never go back to their lot ever again,” LaLota said.

“You’d be so humiliated, disgusted, and you would never go back again. I’m close to that point. They need to get real in what they will present us or this bill ain’t ever gonna happen.”

Other SALT Republicans followed suit, resignedly rejecting Senate leadership’s offer, and with Republicans’ slim majority in both the House and Senate, the issue could be a bottleneck for the bill's prospects.

“We rejected that,” said Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), The Hill reported. “We’re continuing to dialogue with them and we’ll see where it goes.”