Schumer Vows SALT Breaks, Business Tax Hikes If Democrats Sweep

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) plans to take another run at weakening or eliminating the Senate filibuster for voting rights legislation, would aim to raise taxes on business, and ensure that a cap on state and local tax deductions dies if Democrats sweep November’s elections, he told reporters at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Tuesday.

Schumer, outlining key pieces of his agenda if his party wins the White House, Senate and House trifecta, also pointed to housing aid, reducing carbon emissions, protecting reproductive rights, and immigration legislation as areas of potential action if Democrats hold all the levers ...