Heavy snow, ice and bitter cold are threatening much of the country, but some places are short on a key resource: road salt.

The issue pits Republicans from high-tax states against fiscal hardliners. The future of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" that would fund his second-term agenda could depend on SALT.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoked salt, as the name implies, is salt that has been wood-smoked to take on that distinct barbecue flavor of burnt wood. There ...