House leadership smoothed the path for consideration of a $78 billion family and business tax break deal Wednesday by committing to a floor vote as soon as next week on a separate bill to boost the state and local tax deduction cap for married couples.
The concession comes after four New York Republicans threatened to vote down an unrelated rule on the floor Tuesday in protest of the exclusion of “SALT” relief from the tax deal negotiated by House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore. The House is slated to vote on the Wyden-Smith deal Wednesday around 8 p.m.
Athina Lawson, press secretary for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement that Johnson and Smith “agreed that they would continue working with members to find a path forward for legislation related to SALT.”
