WASHINGTON - Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is celebrating an 11th-hour deal for an increase in state and local tax (SALT) deductions as part of President Trump's spending bill as the measure still faces opposition from fiscal hawks for final passage in the House.
"For the middle class, this is a real win, especially in a state like New York," Lawler told The Post in an exclusive interview… Read more »
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 »
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 »
Congress will likely exert more authority over US trade policy if the White House doesn’t demonstrate “significant progress” in the ongoing tariff negotiations with dozens of countries in the coming weeks, New York Republican Representative Mike Lawler says.
“If they can make significant progress over the next 30-plus days, then I think a lot of this will settle down,” Lawler… Read more »
Regarding "Mike Lawler said he 'secured' $33M for Hudson Valley community projects. What happened?," lohud.com, April 1:
As someone born and raised in Rockland County — and after spending nearly 20 years working in Washington, D.C. — I’ve seen plenty of politicians talk a good game. But Rep. Mike Lawler is different. He doesn’t just talk — he delivers.
I’m a lifelong Democrat. I didn’t… Read more »
Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York may be a relative newbie in the halls of Congress but he’s making waves early in his tenure.
Since being elected in 2022, Lawler has sponsored 95 bills and co-sponsored 1,489. In the last session, he introduced 58 bills and two were signed into law, earning him the title of the most effective freshman lawmaker by the… Read more »
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would impose additional sanctions on any individuals or companies participating in the illegal sale of Iranian oil.
Revenue from these sales fuel Tehran’s nuclear program and fund the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacking shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
The bipartisan Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act passed on a… Read more »
Rep. Mike Lawler ranked as the most effective House freshman in his first term on a report card that judges how well lawmakers get legislation through Congress.
The Rockland County Republican was rated sixth of all House Republicans in scoring by the Center for Effective Lawmaking, based on bills he introduced in the last two years and their outcomes. According to the report… Read more »
A group of Senate and House lawmakers, most of whom are Republicans, is set to re-introduce legislation on Thursday that would prohibit federal funding to any university that allows antisemitic events on its campus.
The Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act would prohibit federal funding to any college that “authorize[s], facilitate[s], provide[s] funding for or otherwise… Read more »
