House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urged Senate Republicans against changing the state and local tax deductions in President Donald Trump‘s reconciliation bill, citing the need to get Republican lawmakers in “swing districts” reelected.

The Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reverts the SALT cap to $10,000, a stark contrast from the barely passed House version of the bill, which raised the cap to $40,000. With many House Republicans, including Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Nick LaLota (R-NY), refusing to negotiate without the raised cap, Johnson told Senate leaders, such as Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), “not to modify” the SALT cap.