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She makes the decision based on what is good for her state. >> another sticky issue for house democrats was lack of reform on state and local taxes. we have been hearing a lot about s.a. l.t. which is what it stands for. some wanted the bill to repeal the $10,000 cap on federal deductions for these taxes. what does that mean and how much of a difference would that have made for some americans? >> oh, gosh. you see so many people that moved from high-tax localities in california and new york and ...

All. i think you do need to bring the irs back into a modern agency, thats modern and we were on the path to dysfunctional. and the worst case scenario. david: have a flat tax, get rid of deductions and down size the irs instead of increasing it by a factor of six, thats one solution, you should consider it. congratulations on getting it passed, it hasnt passed yet, but looks like later today. >> i would not tell your viewers to tune in, its vote-rama, and each side tries to get this have. david...

There arent the issues with state and local taxes. they want deductions for state and local taxes in this bill. what would you say to them if they were to threaten to hold this bill up to get that back in? >> i would say weve got enough hostage taking in this world and we have enough hostage taking in this senate and they would be hostage taking americas prosperity and middle class families chance of not paying higher prices with inflation if they were to interfere with this bill. look, ive been...

House and there has been concern among some democratic senators from the northeast that the reinstituting deductions for state and local taxes is not part of this deal as of now. so what would you say to these democratic senators who might say, hey, we want this in? >> i would say that if you look at what this deal does, it reduces health care costs by expanding subsidies under the aca, it takes enormous strides on climate, it takes enormous strides to make our tax code more fair. these are thin...

You doing? you still upset, this and that. i said, this is ridiculous. lets recalibrate and see if something can be done. to his credit, he said okay, and he put his staff with our staff and we started talking and told him what we thought could work. >> reporter: and the other big question, if it gets out of the senate, what will happen in the house? a handful of democrats from northeast states are concerned how these tax provisions have been dealt with, namely whether or not to allow for the de...

Money that it doesnt have? well, pausing deductions _ money that it doesnt have? well, pausing deductions wont - money that it doesnt have? well, pausing deductions wont in i money that it doesnt have? -ii pausing deductions wont in the end make any difference, because eventually, when hopefully inflation eases and benefits have been properly operated, then the treasury will get its money paid back. what were saying is, we are in a very, very difficult few months, and the government needs to eas...

The most common reason is to cover the five—week universal credit advance — given when people moved over onto the system. but it can also be taken to repay crisis loans, debts to third parties like councils and utility companies, and to take back overpayments made by government error. as the cost of living is set to increase, a cross—party group of mp5 want the government to put a pause on those deductions. given that benefits are already at a very low level, if youve got deductions taken ...

Their account, by an average of £62 less each month. the most common reason is to cover the five—week universal credit advance given when people moved over onto the system. but it can also be taken to repay crisis loans, debts to third parties like councils and utility companies and to take back overpayments made by government error. as the cost of living is set to increase, a cross—party group of mps want the government to put a pause on those deductions. given that benefits are already at...

Money back. reason? yes, there are alwa s money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons _ money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons for _ money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons for the _ money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons for the deductions, i always reasons for the deductions, but during the pandemic, the government did pause those deductions, and we think on a cross—party basis that they should be doing that again, given the scale of the problems that we...

Becomes harder still. to illustrate that for your viewers, a single person reliant on basic benefits gets £77 a week to cover essential living costs. you can currently take up living costs. you can currently take up to 25% in a deduction, a quarter of that money, which is already clearly difficult to live on at the best of times and impossible in the midst of a cost of living crisis. we need to see the maximum rate where peak deductions can be made to be brought down but id like to hear is the ...