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Municipals are underperforming USTs month-to-date, with the Bloomberg Municipal Index showing losses of 1.02% versus 0.92% for USTs as of Tuesday, but both are outperforming losses in corporates that are seeing 1.23% losses in January.

The House Ways and Means Committee has kicked off debate on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that is scheduled to sunset at the end of the year, with much at stake for the municipal market.

Lifting the SALT cap is one of several thorny issues Republicans hope to iron out as part of a larger reconciliation bill by March.

The muni market also faces an elevated new-issue calendar, which may put additional pressure on muni yields. Bond Buyer 30-day visible supply sits at $17.57 billion.

"It is the first step but that doesn't mean there's a second step," said John Bagley, the MSRB's chief market structure officer.

The DOT is closing out the Biden Administration by announcing billions of dollars of infrastructure spending in rail, public transportation, and electric vehicle charging stations.

The legislative reconciliation process will move fast and cutting the budget is in vogue. As such, we must recalibrate our goals as an industry to reflect the new political paradigm.

Sizable deals for next week include $1.3 billion of real estate transfer tax revenue bonds from the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and $996.335 million of second series revenue bonds from the San Francisco International Airport.

The Department of Transportation's is awarding more than $332 million for 171 grants across 32 states to modernize airports as part of the BIL's Airport Infrastructure Grants program.

Alabama-based Frazer Lanier failed to detect a $500 political contribution by one of the firm's muni finance professionals from a joint checking account, FINRA said.