SALT Republicans Search for Unity While Blocking GOP Tax Bill

New York and California Republicans are plotting a way forward while the House GOP tax package remains stalled over the state-and-local tax deduction cap.

GOP members of the bipartisan SALT Caucus—dedicated to reinstating the full state-and-local tax deduction that the 2017 tax law capped at $10,000—are blocking their party’s tax bills from full House passage because it does not address the issue.

While that legislation has no chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate, the impasse threatens to hold up movement on any bipartisan tax pact that could revive business tax breaks like that both parties support. High-tax state Republicans also ...