Republicans ‘Far From’ Deal on SALT Limit, New Yorker Says

House Republicans from high-tax states remain at loggerheads with the Senate GOP over limits on the state and local tax deduction despite a meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to try to resolve differences, a New York lawmaker said.

“We are far from a deal still,” Representative Nick LaLota, a Republican who represents parts of New York’s Long Island, said late Wednesday afternoon.

Representative Nick LaLota

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LaLota and several other Republicans from New York, New Jersey and California have threatened to block President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package over the issue.

Senate Republican leader John Thune, who ...