GOP leaders find $40K sweetener in bid to sway budget holdouts
In an effort to save President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," House Republicans have put a new "heightened state-and-local-tax deduction" (SALT) on the table that they hope will push Republican holdouts over the finish line.
On Friday, GOP lawmakers Chip Roy (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Josh Brecheen (R-OK) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) refused to go along with Speaker Mike Johnson's plan.
According to Politico, "A $40,000 cap on the key deduction for individuals and $80,000 cap for joint filers was part of a list of items GOP leaders raised overnight as they scrambled to shore up ultraconservative votes."...
May 16, 2025