Senate Republicans are staring down a collision course with the House as they weigh possible changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap as part of larger revisions to the party’s massive tax bill.

House Republicans hailing from high-tax blue states struck a deal with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to increase the SALT deduction cap to $40,000 from the current $10,000 mark shortly before the full chamber passed the “big, beautiful bill” early Thursday.

However, their work could be all for naught if the Senate GOP has its way: The conference has no members hailing from SALT states, and many side with President Trump on the issue despite the party’s need to keep them on board in an eventual final vote in the lower chamber.

“There’s not one Republican in the United States Senate who gives a s--- about SALT,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). “Having said that, what does matter is 218 votes in the House, and we want to be cognizant about that.”

For much of the last month, the issue had been a vexing one for Johnson and House Republicans as the group of nearly a half-dozen SALT........

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