The group of blue-state House Republicans negotiating with leadership for a more generous state and local tax deduction isn’t any closer to a deal.
And complicating talks are internal divisions that spilled out into the open this week as Republicans sprinted to get their reconciliation bill through committee markups.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis was reportedly asked to leave a Tuesday evening meeting between the SALT caucus and Speaker Mike Johnson. Malliotakis is the only member of the SALT caucus who backed the $30,000 SALT deduction cap passed by the House Ways and Means committee Monday — which triples the current $10,000 cap — arguing that it would help 98% of the taxpayers in her district.