New York Republican Reps. Mike Lawler, Elise Stefanik, Andrew Garbarino, and Nick LaLota back President Trump and his One Big Beautiful Bill on taxes and spending, but they put their home state above party loyalty and are absolutely right to insist that the unfair and punishing $10,000 cap on deductions of state and local taxes (called SALT) in place for the past few years… Read more »
The boiling internal GOP debate that’s holding up President Donald Trump’s self-declared “big, beautiful” bill isn’t over the deductibility of state and local taxes — it’s about the class and geographic divide splintering today’s Republican Party.
And more directly, it’s about two midterm elections: Trump’s first, in 2018, when a series of Republicans from affluent districts retired or… Read more »
Your editorial “The Corleone Option for SALT Republicans” (May 15) suggests my efforts to achieve a higher deduction for state and local taxes would amount to a giveaway to the wealthy. In reality, the current $10,000 cap unfairly penalizes middle-class families—cops, firefighters, teachers, nurses, blue-collar tradespeople—in high-tax states like New York.
The cap was an arbitrary… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – 5/15/25… Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) reintroduced the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act, bipartisan legislation to help early-stage companies connect with investors by clarifying federal securities laws and removing unnecessary regulatory hurdles that hinder startup growth.
This bill defines an angel investor for… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – 5/15/25… Last week, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) joined Congressman Rich McCormick (GA-07) and 13 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary Rubio conveying their grave concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Haiti as missionaries, humanitarian aid workers, and countless innocent civilians face deadly threats from criminal gangs that now… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – 5/14/25… This week, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Mike Flood (NE-01), Cleo Fields (LA-06), Sarah McBride (DE-At large), and Shri Thanedar (MI-13) introduced the Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act.
The Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act provides additional pathways for Americans to become an accredited investor by allowing individuals seeking the status to… Read more »
If you’re deep in debt — or concerned that lingering inflation, the U.S. trade war or a potential recession could land you there — you might not be looking to Washington, D.C., for help. Turn on the news, and it’s hard to see anyone agreeing on anything, let alone substantive consumer debt solutions.
And yet, there might be more common ground than you think.
Bankrate requested… Read more »
Pearl River, NY - 5/12/2025… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and Congressman French Hill (AR-2), Chairman of the House Hostage Task Force, praised the return of Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli hostage held by Hamas since the October 7th terrorist attack.
On Friday, Reps.… Read more »
Pearl River, N.Y. – 5/12/25… Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement regarding the current House budget reconciliation bill’s failure to adequately lift the cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction.
“As I have said repeatedly, I will not support any bill that does not adequately lift the cap on SALT,” said Congressman Lawler. “This bill, as written, fails… Read more »
