A late-night meeting between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and moderate Republicans fighting for an obscure tax break ended with no deal on Monday, prolonging the fight over an issue that’s emerged as one of the major barriers to a final agreement on President Trump’s domestic agenda.

“We had some questions, they have to wait for some more scores now,” Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) said. “They're hoping to have some numbers back to us by morning."

The moderate lawmakers are seeking a significant hike to the ceiling on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which was capped at $10,000 as part of the Republicans’ 2017 tax law. The cap was designed to prevent wealthy taxpayers from getting a huge break, but the critics say it’s also hitting middle-class taxpayers in high-income, high-tax states like New York, New Jersey and California.

The high-tax state moderates oppose the $30,000 cap included in the........

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