Republicans are using their majorities in Congress to push aside Democratic opposition, but they've run into a series of ...

WASHINGTON — A tentative proposal negotiated between blue-state Republicans, the White House, and Senate leaders over the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said negotiations over the state and local tax (SALT) ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and House Speaker Mike Johnson are projecting optimism that they can soon unlock a compromise over the state and local tax deduction, that would resolve a key issue ...

Moderate House Republicans from high-tax blue states and the Trump administration are zeroing in on an agreement for the ...

“Lifting the cap on SALT is critically important to provide middle class tax relief, and that’s exactly what we did here by negotiating a $40,000 cap,” Lawler said. ... Rep. Nick Lalota, ...

Murmurings of a SALT deal to secure Republican support were made Wednesday, the day before the bill was passed in the House. Some Republicans, like LaLota, touted the $40,000 cap as a win because ...

Several New York House Republicans are taking credit for a $40,000 SALT cap passed in the budget bill early on Thursday. Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Nick LaLota (R-NY) all ...

But New York Republicans Mike Lawler and Nick LaLota demanded an even higher price. ... The higher SALT cap won’t increase the incentive at the margin to save or invest, ...

Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., suggested over the weekend that increasing the top tax bracket to a 39.6% income tax rate rather than 37% could help pay for higher deduction caps for state and local ...

Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he arrives for the meeting in Speaker Johnson’s office with Republican House members on the reconciliation package on May 15.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call ...

The SALT Republicans are getting more outrageous. ... $609,350 and married couples earning over $731,200—breathes $300 billion of new life into the effort,” tweeted Rep. Nick LaLota, ...