Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) signaled to her colleague Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) that he ought to “merge politics and policy” and support the Big Beautiful Bill Act even if his own provision fails.
Currently, the state and local tax cap allows a maximum of $10,000 to be deducted from federal taxes. At the moment, Republicans in the House have proposed a $40,000 cap for those with incomes less than $400,000 after Lawler argued for it. However, Senate Republicans have plans to cut this maximum.
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“We are all Republicans. We want more cuts. We want to stop the fraud and abuse. We want all those, but we also want to get 218 votes, and, unfortunately, at some point, we have to merge politics and policy, or we will get nothing done, and the Democrats are going to take over,” Tenney said when asked about Lawler’s SALT cap. “None of the senators in their house and none of the senators in our house are gonna vote for this bill. We have to do this ourselves, we have to unite into the best possible product we can do under the circumstances. … They can tinker with it a little bit, and we can probably get Mike Lawler and other vulnerable Republicans voting for it.”
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According to Lawler, his district represents “three of the top 16 highest property-taxed counties in America.” As a result, he’s fought for the SALT cap to earn support and secure his seat in 2026.
However, no Republican senators represent the blue states where higher-income earners want the exemption restored to its pre-2017 levels. Additionally, Lawler’s constituents have already received tax benefits in recent memory. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act resulted in tax cuts for every income bracket in Lawler’s district in 2017.