Trump tells House Republicans to find a 'fair number' on SALT

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : The message of unity and praise for Trump's leadership was also front and center at a lavish dinner Trump hosted for Freedom Caucus members Friday night at his resort.
70% : "I think it's great because the president can take this back and continue negotiations with our side, with the Senate side, and figure out what we can get done," Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) said, affirming that Trump "wants us to find a number for him.
57% : "I'm confident that with his help, we will broker a deal, a good tax bill, that will help Long Islanders, New Yorkers and Americans," LaLota said. House Republicans at the Saturday evening meeting posed for photos with Trump as he rallied members around him and his agenda.
56% : And they have marching orders from Trump: Go back to Congress and negotiate a "fair number.
53% : " "[Trump] said, look, come back with a number," echoed Rep. Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.).
44% : The debate on SALT was hashed over in a meeting between 16 members from New York, California and New Jersey, as well as Trump and two members of his staff, according to Rep. Nick Lalota (R-N.Y.), who said in a brief interview that he came away "very optimistic" that Republicans would "find a fix on SALT."
36% : New York Republicans came out of a Mar-a-Lago meeting with Donald Trump on Saturday confident that the incoming president is on board with increasing a key deduction for state and local taxes.
35% : " And Trump seemed favorable to "indexing" the $10,000 cap on the so-called SALT deduction, so that the deduction can keep up with inflation, Malliotakis said.
15% : Trump did not invite Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, to the meeting of California, New York and New Jersey GOP members.

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