Key New York House Republicans say they are rejecting a proposal from GOP leadership to raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap to $30,000 in the party's bill full of President Trump's legislative priorities.

The House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees the tax portions of the GOP megabill, had been discussing increasing the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $30,000, two sources told The Hill, as the panel looks to resolve the key disagreement ahead of a planned preliminary vote next week. The panel met for hours behind closed doors Thursday.

Leadership has not released any details about what they offered.

A quartet of Republican lawmakers in the SALT caucus — New York Reps. Elise Stefanik, Andrew Garbarino, Nick LaLota and Mike Lawler — said the $30,000 proposal was a nonstarter.

“We’ve negotiated in good faith on SALT from the start—fighting for the........

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