New York Republicans find themselves in the middle of the fight over the deductibility of state and local taxes in the federal tax bill.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump distanced himself from his full-throated campaign pledge of "restoring the SALT deduction," as he pressed New York Republicans Tuesday to vote for a sweeping budget bill despite their objections that the proposed deduction cap offers little relief.

President Donald Trump dimmed the hopes of some Republicans Tuesday when he took a public swipe at their efforts to raise the cap on state and local tax deductions, warning that doing so would “benefit Democrat governors” who he says “are destroying our country.

House Republicans can’t come to agreement on various elements of the reconciliation bill that would fund President Trump’s domestic agenda, so the president himself went to the Capitol on Tuesday to speak with them personally.

House Republicans were still unable to reach a deal on Tuesday over the divisive state and local tax deduction as President Donald Trump met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss moving his agenda forward.