NY Republicans’ message for next House speaker: Pass the SALT
A bloc of New York Republicans withholding support for their party’s nominee for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives wants to repeal a key portion of Trump-era tax reforms that disproportionately affect high-tax states like New York.
Lawler, D’Esposito, Garbarino and LaLota have all said a speaker candidate could win their backing in part by supporting the repeal of the federal cap on state and local tax deductions — better known as. Molinaro didn’t specifically point to SALT as his reason for flipping against Jordan, but he sponsors a bill that would eliminate the cap.
The SALT cap has been a point of bipartisan consternation for some high-level New York elected officials since the Trump tax cuts were passed. In 2018, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a near-daily point of speaking out against the SALT cap, going as far as to. Cuomo argued that the cap unfairly targeted Democratic states and infringed on their constitutional right to tax as they see fit.
“Any chance they get, Nick LaLota and Anthony D’Esposito choose to grandstand politically and put the attention on themselves rather than focus on working for Long Islanders,” Ellie Dougherty, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement this week.cost the federal government about $54 billion through 2025
So far, the three Long Island holdouts have all cast their speaker ballots for former Rep. Lee Zeldin, a fellow Long Islander whose strong showing as a candidate for New York governor last year helped buoy Republican congressional candidates. Molinaro joined them in voting for Zeldin on Jordan’s third ballot.
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