His private comments to Senate Republicans suggest the benefits for taxpayers in high-tax places could be pared back from the House-passed legislation.

President Donald Trump told Senate Republicans he is open to a state and local tax deduction cap lower than the $40,000 in the House-passed version of his giant tax bill, a person familiar with the matter said.

Two weeks after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax bill passed the House with razor-thin margins, the Senate has begun to tinker with the legislation’s architecture. Some are now warning that changes in that chamber could cause the edifice to collapse.