Major Republicans in New York reject "insult" proposal for "salt" tax breaks

WASHINGTON - Four New York Republicans issued a bubbled joint statement Thursday, denied the offer they said they were from R-La. House Speaker Mike Johnson, and the House’s top tax writer, on how to expand state and local tax breaks, also known as salt.

Their firm opposition in narrow-minded houses has caused trouble for Republican leaders as they hope to pass the committee committee next week to raise the tax portion of the party bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda. They ended up losing three votes on the floor of the house.

The $10,000 cap on the salt deduction imposed by Trump’s 2017 tax law is a problem of creating or sabotaging several Republican lawmakers in high-tax countries like New York and New Jersey, who have been compromising with party leaders.

But representatives Elise Stefanik, Andrew Garbarino, Nick Lalota and Mike Lawler said that Johnson and House Ways and Mane committee chair Jason Smith (R-Mo).

"We have had sincerity negotiations on salt from the outset - fighting for the taxpayers we represent in New York. However, if there is no notice or agreement, the spokesperson and the House Committee unilaterally proposed a flat $30,000 salt cap that they already know and they already know will not win our support," four Republicans said in a statement. ”

They added: "It's not only an insult, but it has the potential to derail a large bill from President Trump. New Yorkers have sent far more to Washington than we've come back, nor are they like many so-called "low tax" states that depend heavily on federal troops. The taller salt hats are not extravagant. "We reject this offer." ”

Lalota is the biggest sound to expand the salt deduction. Lawler and Stefanik are considering running for governor in New York, where problems are imminent.

Republicans met with private committees in private hours ago to address their differences before the committee markup is raised next week. Salt is one of several difficult problems they have to solve.

Earlier in the day, before the house was recessed, Johnson suggested that reporters ask about the possible $30,000 salt hat to fix the issue is unsolved.

"I've heard of this number and I've heard other people's voices, but it's still a discussion that's going on between members and I think we'll find the right point," Johnson said. "I'm not going to be disabled. … We're going to make sure that most of the ingredients, i.e. most of the components of the affected areas are covered. And I think we can find the right number of people, which can do that and satisfy all kinds of attention."

A spokesperson for the Means Committee did not immediately respond to news seeking comments.

It is worth noting that Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, RN.Y. A rare member of the "Salt Caucus" he was on the way to the committee and did not sign Thursday's statement. The issue is still underway, she said Wednesday.

"We'll get there. It's just a little job. We have very salty members and then we have low sodium members," Malliotakis told NBC News. “We just need to find this compromise.”