Democrats agonize over property tax provision in Biden spending bill

Published December 10, 2021 4:00am ET



House and Senate Democrats face mounting pressure to scrap a provision in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation that would eliminate a GOP-era cap on state and local tax deductions.

A group of Democrats from high-tax states has threatened to vote against the Biden legislation unless it includes language that raises the cap. Still, others in the party fear it will become negative campaign fodder.

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