Zachary Halaschak is an economics reporter at the Washington Examiner. Before moving to Washington, he worked in Alaska, covering politics, government, and crime for the Ketchikan Daily News. While there, Zach won the Alaska Press Club’s second-place award for best reporting on crime or courts for his coverage of a local surgeon’s alleged murder.
Centrist Republicans from New York are using the opportunity provided by the competition to be the next House Speaker to bring the SALT cap back into the conversation.
Reps. Anthony D’Esposito , Mike Lawler , Andrew Garbarino , and Nick LaLota all voted against the person the GOP conference chose to nominate as speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan . Their votes, along with several others, were enough to deny Jordan the speaker’s gavel, and some of the New York Republicans have cited SALT in their opposition.
D’Esposito voted for former Rep. Lee Zeldin , a popular political figure from Long Island who ran a highly publicized campaign for governor last year. Likewise, LaLota, who represents Zeldin’s House district, also voted for the former congressman. “Rather than cast my ballot for a Speaker-Candidate who doesn’t have the votes and hasn’t demonstrated support for SALT for my constituents nor a plan to keep our government open while advancing the Commitment to America,” D’Esposito said on X, formerly known as Twitter, in announcing his decision to vote for Zeldin.
All three congressmen are part of the so-called SALT caucus, which consists of Republicans and Democrats from high-tax states like New York and California. They have been pushing to have the cap eliminated or at least raised.
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