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Federal lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate are behind a bill to remove the cap on state and local tax deductions.
Congressman Mondaire Jones of New York’s 17th District was in Westchester Friday to announce that he introduced a bill Thursday with fellow Democrat Long Island Congressman Tom Suozzi to remove the $10,000 state and local tax, or SALT, deduction cap that was part of federal tax legislation former President Trump signed in December 2017.
“It would fully restore the SALT deduction and provide direct relief to taxpayers, including homeowners, all throughout Westchester and Rockland Counties and, indeed, all throughout New York state,” Jones says.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday night said she expects President Biden's nominee for Department of Homeland Security to head a task force dedicated to reunited families that have been separated at the border. During an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, the host asked Psaki about recent reports that both first lady Jill Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas would play a part in the effort to reunite families separated at the U.S.-.
Schumer tees up votes to shut down debate, confirm pick
DHS issues terrorism threat tied to ideological extremism January 27, 2021 5:50 PM By Shaun Courtney and Nancy Ognanovich (Updates with vote timing in fourth paragraph.)
Senate Republicansâ actions to thwart the confirmation of Homeland Security Department nominee Alejandro Mayorkas over immigration policy differences are âirresponsible and unconscionableâ as the country faces threats from domestic extremists, former DHS secretary Michael Chertoff told reporters.
The DHS issued a national terrorism advisory bulletin Wednesday, warning of a heightened threat environment from ideologically motivated violent extremists, including those opposed to the presidential transition.
âBetween a very significant, massive hack that compromised sensitive U.S. government online files, disastrous fires and rain storms and hurricanes, and domestic violence that was an insurrection, I would have thought th