SALT deduction

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The president’s decision threatens to complicate congressional negotiations over his sweeping new social-spending program.

The president is poised to unveil a plan that would raise taxes on the income, investments and estates of the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen in more than four decades.

Democrats are making another push for the Biden administration to include a repeal of the cap on state and local tax deductions in its long-term economic program.

Lawmakers should closely study the impact of the deduction before making changes, the No. 3 House Democrat James Clyburn said.

Trump’s legislative triumph has put President Biden in a bind.

Increasing funding for the IRS enforcement efforts could yield enough to pay for reinstating the full deduction.

Democratic and Republican House members are forming a bipartisan group to push for a repeal of the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, demonstrating a broadening campaign to restore a valuable tax break.

Seventeen Democrats told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi they would be ready to oppose any tax legislation that doesn't restore the break.

Democratic governors from seven states, including New York, New Jersey and California, wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to remove the cap on state and local tax deductions enacted by Donald Trump.