Trump Gathers SALT-Focused Republicans Before Tax Fight (3)

Jan. 8, 2025, 7:18 PM UTC

A cohort of about 20 Republican House members from New York, New Jersey and California was invited to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate Saturday ahead of a looming fight over an extension of his 2017 tax cuts.

Much of the group is likely to attend and plans to discuss increasing the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, which has disproportionately hurt voters in the three high-tax states, according to US Representative Nick LaLota, who represents eastern Long Island in New York.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), is reintroducing legislation to increase the write-off on state-and-local dues for federal taxpayers. Lawler is one of a handful of Republican lawmakers from high-tax states who will meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida this weekend. Lawler, who may run for governor in 2026, also talks about the record of the incumbent, Governor Kathy Hochul. He’s on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Source: Bloomberg

Republicans in Congress are in the beginning stages ...

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