House Rejects Effort to Boost SALT Deduction

In a procedural vote Wednesday, the House rejected a bill that would double the state and local income tax (SALT) deduction for some filers. The vote was 195-225, as 18 conservative Democrats joined a larger group of conservative Republicans to reject the rule governing debate on the bill. Ever since the 2017 fiscal legislation signed into law by former president Donald Trump put a $10,000 cap on the SALT deduction to help offset the cost of tax cuts, lawmakers from relatively high-tax states in