Republicans from wealthy congressional districts in high-tax states threatened to kill President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” if they could not tack on a massive tax break for their wealthy constituents. They got their way in the bill that passed in the House on Thursday morning.
The matter in question is the deductibility of state and local taxes — the SALT deduction.
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