A group of powerful Democrat governors is pressuring President Joe Biden to remove a cap on state and local tax deductions, known as SALT. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and five other governors wrote to Biden on Friday praising his administration for steps its taken so far, including the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package it was able to ram through Congress. “We applaud those efforts to help our citizens. But we must go further and undo the cap placed on State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions by the Trump Administration through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017,” the group said. They asserted that capping the deductions “was based on politics, not logic or good government,” adding: “This assault disproportionately targeted Democratic-run states, increasing taxes on hardworking families. This was unacceptable then, and is simply untenable given the dire economic conditions caused by the pandemic.” …