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| Top Connecticut Dem Jim Himes admits GOP SALT increase would ''be good'' for his state |
| 2025-05-27 |
| [NYPOST] A key House Democrat on Sunday admitted there is ''one little portion'' of the GOP's megabill that he likes — the raising of the state and local tax deduction (SALT) cap from $10,000 to $40,000. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, voted against the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act alongside the rest of his party last week — but is acknowledging that his constituents would get a boost from its SALT change. ''That one little portion is going to be good for my constituents,'' Himes told CBS' ''Face the Nation.'' Republicans had capped the SALT deduction at $10,000 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, disproportionately impacting blue states with high state and local taxes. The new bill would raise the SALT cap to $40,000 for households making $500,000 or less in annual income, amid fierce lobbying from blue-state Republicans. Rep. Jim Himes Related: Jim Himes 04/04/2025 US NSA director Timothy Haugh fired, Washington Post reports Jim Himes 03/09/2025 Some House members have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — and others voting drunk, high: lawmakers Jim Himes 03/28/2023 Revelation of FBI Informants Shakes Proud Boys' January 6 Trial, Congress pondering adding protections to surveillance law |
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