‘Tone down a bit’: Clyburn cautions Democrats threatening to derail tax plan over SALT cap

Published April 21, 2021 9:20pm ET



The Democrat in charge of corralling his party’s votes in the House said Democrats attempting to use their votes on President Joe Biden’s tax plan as leverage to remove the SALT cap need to tone it down.

Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said this week that his party needs to be united as one in order to pass Biden’s tax hikes and hinted that Democratic lawmakers should not hold eliminating the cap on deductions for state and local taxes paid, known as SALT, in higher regard than passing the tax package.

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