Trimming Tax Extenders May Help House Democrats Break Stalemate

Some House Ways and Means Committee Democrats are open to a slimmer, less expensive package of expired tax breaks—a strategy could make the fractious process more palatable to detractors.

That effort could have some appeal in the House, where extending temporary tax breaks typically has had less support than in the Senate. But it remains to be seen whether Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) would be able to thin the extenders package.

A slew of perks expired at the end of 2017—among them are a credit for biodiesel backed by Senate heavyweights like Finance Committee Chairman Chuck ...