Donald Trump has failed to convince an important group of Republicans in the Congress to support the fiscal law

Donald Trump failed, during a visit to Hill chapter on Tuesday, to convince a major group of Republican Congressmen from the Democratic states (“Salt Caucus”) to withdraw their opposition to a tax law.

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The opposition of this group threatens to block the legislative initiative, which Trump and the President of the Chamber of Representatives, Mike Johnson want to adopt before the Memorial Day weekend, CNBC reports, quoting sources close to the discussions.

The internal dispute in the Republican Party refers to the ceiling of deductibility for state and local taxes (jump) in the federal income statements. The fiscal law adopted by Republicans in 2017 imposed a $ 10,000 ceiling, a measure perceived as a political blow to Democrats such as New York, New Jersey and California, where local taxes are significantly higher.

The new draft law proposes to increase the Salt ceiling at $ 30,000, but this change is considered insufficient by some Republican Congressmen in these states.

Several people told the source that five members of “Salt Caucus” were “against” the current law after Trump's visit and after the Republican leadership proposed a slight increase in the ceiling.

According to NBC News, Trump told the Salt group members: “Give up”. In a harsher exchange with the representative Mike Lawler (New York), Trump said: “I know your district better than you. If you lose because of the leap, you would have lost anyway. ”

Trump and Johnson's attempts to obtain support for the fiscal law are also complicated by the opposition of the Conservative wing of the party, which requires greater reductions of the federal budget deficit and more severe cuts. According to sources, Trump would have told the Republicans: “Do not play with Medicaid. ”

Medicaid is a government program in the United States that offers health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources.