House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said Sunday that he had worked carefully with lawmakers from New York, California and New Jersey to deliver tax relief. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Brady: House will not accept repeal of state, local tax deduction

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said Sunday that his colleagues would not accept Senate Republicans' plan to eliminate a federal deduction for state and local taxes as part of an effort to overhaul the tax code.

The Texas Republican said on "Fox News Sunday" that the House would not agree to the proposal even if the Senate passed it.


"I'm convinced that this is where we're going to end up," Brady said.

The future of this itemized deduction is one of the biggest differences between House and Senate Republicans' tax plans. Amid pushback from GOP members in high-tax, blue states, House Republicans opted to keep the deduction for property taxes up to $10,000.

Brady said he had worked carefully with lawmakers from New York, California and New Jersey to deliver tax relief "and I'm committed to it."



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