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A bipartisan coalition with newly elected Congressmen from the Hudson Valley has renewed its push to lift the $10,000 cap on deducting state and local taxes from federal tax returns.  Originally formed in 2021, the group of federal lawmakers dubbed the SALT Caucus has added new faces from both sides of the aisle in its efforts to lift the cap. They include Democrat Pat Ryan and… Read more »

New York Republican settles into Washington after November upset Being a Republican in deep-blue New York, Mike Lawler is used to being a perennial underdog.  Yet the 36-year-old first-term congressman has churned out a series of wins in largely Democratic districts and ascended quickly through the ranks of local, state and now national politics. In November, he toppled… Read more »

President Joe Biden said the state of the union is strong in his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, and he called on lawmakers in the now divided Congress to work together. It was Biden’s first speech to Congress since Republicans took control of the chamber in November’s midterms. For reaction, WAMC’s Ian Pickus spoke with New York Congressman Mike Lawler, a Republican from… Read more »

"We have serious challenges," Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) emphasized to Townhall. "The White House needs to recognize that one party rule is no longer in effect here in Washington, and they need to work with us to address the challenges facing the American people from inflation and the cost of living, to our porous southern border and the massive inflow of illegal immigration and… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) and U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D, NJ-5), explain why they are against the congestion pricing plan, which would charge drivers heading into Manhattan below 60th Street. Listen… Read more »

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed affordable housing plan requiring municipalities to build more affordable housing would have a devastating impact on suburban communities throughout the Empire State, especially on Long Island, House Republicans told Fox News Digital. "Not only does this proposal seek to supersede local authority to regulate zoning, but its impact would have… Read more »

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, leads the charge against 'abhorrent, antisemitic question' included on NYS Regents Exam in Global History and Geography FIRST ON FOX – All but two members of the House GOP delegation from New York are demanding an investigation into a statewide standardized test question Jewish leaders consider antisemitic. The Republican congresspersons say… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler’s bill to double the deductibility of state and local taxes for married couples is the latest attempt by a New York political leader to either undo or soften the impact of Trump-era tax reforms that have penalized homeowners in high-tax states like New York. Lawler’s bill to make the state-and-local-tax deduction cap – known as the SALT cap – more palatable… Read more »

Chris McKenna Rockland/Westchester Journal News | USA TODAY NETWORK Only nine months ago, all three held other offices, two of them leading counties across the Hudson from one another. One was running for Congress but the other two had no immediate notions about moving up.h Then came a courtordered redrawing of district lines, new opportunities and unexpected campaigns. Today,… Read more »

Freshman Congressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) proposed providing Hudson Valley families with property tax relief by announcing Monday legislation that would raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction to $20,000 for married couples. The SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act, Lawler’s first piece of legislation since being sworn in to the House of Representatives earlier… Read more »