SALT Vote Gives New York, California GOP Last Chance for Win

A test vote in the House Wednesday on whether to advance legislation to double the state-and-local tax deduction cap is SALT Republicans’ last chance for a win for a while.

Lawmakers will vote in a procedural step on whether to allow consideration of Rep. Mike Lawler‘s (R-N.Y.) bill to raise the SALT cap for some joint filers to $20,000 for the 2023 tax year.

New York and California Republicans have been seeking to hike the limit the GOP enacted in its 2017 tax law, before facing voters again this fall. Many are in districts the nonpartisan Cook Political Report ...