Lawmakers pressing to restore full federal deductions for state and local taxes are letting Speaker Kevin McCarthy know he doesn’t have the votes to extend the current $10,000 limit.
A new bill to fully repeal the so-called SALT cap has 46 House signatories, including lead sponsor Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., and seven other GOP representatives from blue states.
Republicans’ narrow House majority means they can lose only four GOP votes and still pass legislation if Democrats are all opposed. New Jersey Democrat Josh Gottheimer, a lead co-sponsor who is a SALT Caucus leader along with Garbarino, said at a news conference Thursday that he expects more GOP lawmakers to join the bill, sending a clear message to House leadership.
