US EditionHouse Republicans warn Senate not to touch SALT deal
- The House passed a massive tax and spending bill in late May, including a $40,000 SALT deduction cap for incomes up to $500,000.
- Senate Republicans, led by John Thune and Roger Marshall, are negotiating deeper spending cuts and reconsidering the SALT provision amid mixed support.
- House Republicans warn that changing the SALT cap would derail the bill, citing a $350 billion bailout from red to blue states and urging the Senate to keep the agreed terms.
- Senate leaders say passing the bill by July 4 is a priority, but some senators express concern about increasing the deficit by $2.4 trillion over ten years.
- The outcome depends on Senate-House compromise, with key Republicans pleading to maintain the SALT cap agreement to ensure swift bill passage.
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House Republicans draw key lines in Trump bill as Senate weighs legislation
New York GOP Rep. Nick LaLota drew the first line, stating that he would oppose any changes to the legislation if the Senate tries to lower the cap on state-and-local-tax (SALT) deductions from the $40,000 the House agreed on.
GOP Rep. Under Fire For Fighting For Blue State Bailout, Threatening Trump's 'BBB'
Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) is taking heat for threatening to vote “no” on the “big, beautiful bill” if the Senate makes any sort of changes to its key provisions. The New York congressman warned his colleagues in the Senate against taking action to lower the House’s $40,000 cap on the controversial state-and-local-tax deduction (SALT), which many conservatives see as a bailout for blue states. “If the Senate waters it down by a dollar, I’m a no,” L…
Sen. Marshall to Newsmax: Senate to Slash Spending, Look at SALT Cap
Now that the House has sent the Senate its version of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Newsmax Thursday that the upper chamber will work to deepen the spending cuts and will take a “close look” at the state and local tax, or SALT, deduction cap. “That’s why the bill is over here,” Marshall said on “The Chris Salcedo Show,” regarding increasing the spending cuts. “I want to just emphasize, thou…
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OC RegisterThe fight over a SALT tax cap deal that would help Californians hits a snag
After the House passed the massive tax breaks and spending cuts package in May, congressional Republicans from high-tax states claimed victory. The reconciliation bill, after some late-in-the-game negotiating, included an increase to the cap on how much of a deduction…
What to Expect as the Senate Tackles Reconciliation
The Senate faces a July 4 deadline to pass its own version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, leaving little time for compromise or significant changes. The clock is ticking for Senate Republicans as they rush to approve a sweeping bill that cuts spending and taxes and pays for some of President Donald Trump’s top agenda items by the Fourth of July.
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