NY reps warn Senate version of big, beautiful bill will be dead on arrival if SALT cap lowered to $10K
They’re getting SALT-y.Blue state Republican reps railed against rumored Senate plans to lower the state and local tax deduction (SALT) cap back down from the House-negotiated level of $40,000 to its current $10,000 threshold — vowing that it will be “dead on arrival.” Ahead of the Senate Finance Committee’s release of its text for its modifications to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, reporting from Punchbowl News indicated that the panel planned to chop down the SALT increase as a placeholder while negotiations play out.The official text is slated to drop Monday evening, but multiple New York reps preemptively dubbed SALT pareback a dealbreaker.“I have been clear since Day One: sufficiently lifting the SALT Cap to deliver tax fairness to New Yorkers has been my top priority in Congress,” Rep.
Mike Lawler (R-NY) said in a statement.“After engaging in good faith negotiations, we were able to increase the cap on SALT from $10,000 to $40,000.That is the deal, and I will not accept a penny less.
If the Senate reduces the SALT number, I will vote NO, and the bill will fail in the House.”Lawler doubled down on X, writing, “Consider this the response to the Senate’s “negotiating mark”: DEAD ON ARRIVAL” with a meme of Steve Carell as Michael Scott from “The Office” shaking his head.The House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last month, but the megabill next needs to clear the Senate and then survive the House again before it can get to President Trump’s desk.
Unlike the House, the Senate does not have any Republicans elected from high-taxed blue states where SALT is a pressing issue.Many Senate Republicans have openly grumbled over the inclusion of a SALT hike.
“I think at the end of the day, we’ll find a landing spot.Hopefully that will get the votes we need in the House, a compromise position on the SALT issue,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told “Fox News Sunday,” indicating that there isn’t an appetite in...