‘Mr. SALT’ and N.J. Ally Fight Ocasio-Cortez to Revive Tax Break
- Suozzi, Gottheimer win allies on state and local tax deduction
- No SALT, no Biden economic agenda, the lawmakers say
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A major push by a group of U.S. lawmakers to secure an expansion of the federal deduction for state and local taxes -- which on Monday won inclusion in a critical budget plan -- owes much to a pair of onetime roommates in the nation’s capital.
One, Tom Suozzi, has the nickname “Mr. SALT,” and the other, Josh Gottheimer, is co-chief of a sometime influential bipartisan House group known as the Problem Solvers.