SALT emerges as redline for blue state Republicans in reconciliation negotiations

As House Republicans grapple with intraparty disagreements over what to include in President-elect Donald Trump’s reconciliation bill, some GOP lawmakers are making specific tax provision demands they say will be necessary for their support.

A slew of House Republicans are set to meet with the president at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, including GOP members of the SALT Caucus, a bipartisan group dedicated to restoring the state and local tax deduction to cut costs for middle-class families. A $10,000 SALT cap that was implemented by Trump in 2017 is set to expire later this year, and some Republicans want to loosen that cap in the forthcoming reconciliation bill — or else they won’t support it.