Conservative state and local lawmakers affiliated with the American Legislative Exchange Council on Monday called on Republicans to follow through with their plan to eliminate the be and argued that the tax break subsidizes high-spending states.
Last week, Republicans in the House of Representatives mulled a compromise on the original plan of eliminating the deduction in order to address the concerns of members in blue states like New York and New Jersey. On Monday, the council sent a letter from more than 100 state and local officials telling them not to compromise and, instead, kill the roughly $1.3 trillion tax break and use the federal revenues to lower federal tax rates. Doing so would force states and cities to rework their tax systems, the letter read.
