Moderate Democratic Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Tom Suozzi are holding out hope that the party can pass a version of the Build Back Better bill that includes language to raise the deduction cap on state and local taxes (SALT) by the end of the year.
While some within the party have expressed a sense of pessimism that the party can work out an agreement on a scaled-back version of the sweeping social safety bill after centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) recently declared the bill “dead,” Gottheimer told The Post he believes the odds of the party sending a modified version of the legislation before the midterm elections is not out of the question.
“I think the story of its death has been greatly exaggerated. I think in its current incarnation, it’s not seeing the light of day, ultimately, as the senator said. I think there’ll be another incarnation of it and I remain optimistic about that,” the New Jersey Democrat said. “I think there’s work being done and so I think salt is alive and still alive. And well in that scenario.”
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