Comparing the Biden and GOP stimulus proposals
3 years, 10 months ago

Comparing the Biden and GOP stimulus proposals

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Republican senators have very different ideas for the next coronavirus relief bill. Biden’s plan would cost $465 billion, according to the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, while the Republicans say their measure would cost an estimated $220 billion. GOP: The senators would also extend enhanced food stamp benefits through September as well as provide $3 billion for WIC funding. Biden’s package would also add $15 billion to the existing child care and development block grant program, which provides federal assistance to help low-income families who are working or taking classes pay for child care. Biden’s plan would also give $20 billion to the hardest-hit public transit agencies to help avert layoffs and the cutting of routes.

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'Let’s do it': MAGA Republican's bold proposal gets thumbs up from Dem
1 week ago

'Let’s do it': MAGA Republican's bold proposal gets thumbs up from Dem

Raw Story  

A firebrand Republican senator and MAGA ally's new proposal just got a thumbs up from at least one Democratic lawmaker. “These are the people working class, people with families are who elected Donald Trump, and we need to deliver real and meaningful tax relief to them,” Hawley told Axios in an interview. Hawley added that he's already had discussions with …

Donald Trump Rambles Incoherently When Asked About Reducing Child Care Costs
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump Rambles Incoherently When Asked About Reducing Child Care Costs

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump on Thursday got a question about what he would do as president to make child care more affordable and accessible. “Those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we’re talking about, including child care, that it’s going to take care,” Trump continued. “We’re going to have — I look forward to having no …

Child care is a ‘textbook example of a broken market.’ Where do Harris, Trump go from here?
4 months ago

Child care is a ‘textbook example of a broken market.’ Where do Harris, Trump go from here?

LA Times  

Children get help from staff during a class at Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach in March. The ‘broken child-care market’ Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen described the child care system in 2021 as “a textbook example of a broken market.” Child-care employees are some of the lowest-paid workers in the economy, at an average of $13.22 an …

Harris leans into populism with proposal for middle-class and lower-income tax relief
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris leans into populism with proposal for middle-class and lower-income tax relief

CNN  

CNN — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday unveiled a populist economic agenda, proposing a new plan to provide tax relief for more than 100 million middle-class and lower-income Americans as she builds out the details of her governing agenda weeks after locking down the Democratic presidential nomination. Harris on Friday took aim at Trump’s economic proposals — particularly his …

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year. He was also looking to counter assertions from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. …

Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he’s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities and making home aides more available to the elderly. “So when the legislation wasn’t passed, we got to work on an executive order that really was forward-leaning across …

Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown
9 months ago

Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

NPR  

Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown Enlarge this image toggle caption Bonnie Cash/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bonnie Cash/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion funding package that the Senate approved in the early hours Saturday morning to prevent a partial government shutdown. "The bipartisan funding bill I just signed keeps the …

More Republicans back spending on child care, saying it’s an economic issue
10 months, 2 weeks ago

More Republicans back spending on child care, saying it’s an economic issue

Associated Press  

Like a lot of mothers, North Dakota state Rep. Emily O’Brien struggled to find infant care when her daughter Lennon was born in 2019. Not long after, O’Brien persuaded her colleagues to back a plan to invest $66 million in child care, an unprecedented sum for a state that had, like others with Republican leadership, long resisted such spending. In …

White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet
1 year, 1 month ago

White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is asking lawmakers for nearly $56 billion in emergency spending to help the government respond to natural disasters, shore up funding for child care centers and keep high-speed internet running for low-income families — outlining President Joe Biden’s domestic priorities as Congress simultaneously weighs sending billions for conflicts abroad. The package also includes $16 billion …

Opinion: Federal funding for child care is about to fall off a cliff. Why that’s a disaster
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Federal funding for child care is about to fall off a cliff. Why that’s a disaster

LA Times  

When child care funds from the American Rescue Plan Act run out, 70,000 programs across the country are expected to close. The American Rescue Plan Act supported child care in two ways: It allowed states to expand financial support to families directly, and it provided funding to early education programs to stay open amid economic instability. For instance, the American …

With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money
1 year, 3 months ago

With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new round of money to keep the nation’s child care industry afloat, saying thousands of programs are at risk of closing when federal pandemic relief runs out this month. Legislation introduced in both chambers on Wednesday would provide $16 billion a year over the next five years, awarded as grants to …

Biden signs executive order to improve access to child care
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden signs executive order to improve access to child care

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that contains more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers. “It’s about making sure taxpayers get the best value for the investments they’ve already made.” Biden also has called for more money for the care economy in his 2024 budget …

Biden sets up for an election fight with his budget proposal
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden sets up for an election fight with his budget proposal

Al Jazeera  

Biden’s proposal will face stiff opposition in Congress and has ‘little-to-no shot’ at becoming law, experts say. The White House refers to it as the “billionaire minimum income tax.” The budget includes a proposal to raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, higher than the current level but still below the 35 percent tax rate that prevailed before 2017 …

Editorial: Congress can help struggling families by reviving the expanded child tax credit
2 years ago

Editorial: Congress can help struggling families by reviving the expanded child tax credit

LA Times  

For a brief, six-month period last year, something life-changing happened for tens of millions of American families: They started receiving automatic monthly payments of as much as $300 per child to use for whatever they needed. But Congress allowed the payments to expire in January, ending an expanded child tax credit that slashed child poverty and could have been a …

‘Desperation': Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Desperation': Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.

Associated Press  

ASTORIA, Ore. — A shortage of child care in the U.S. has become so acute that it’s reaching far into rural communities, including one northwestern Oregon county where future embryos are in line for a spot at Amy Atkinson’s nursery and preschool. There’s nothing available.” Half of U.S. residents live in child care deserts where fewer than a third of …

In Biden’s big bill: Climate, health care, deficit reduction
2 years, 4 months ago

In Biden’s big bill: Climate, health care, deficit reduction

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. Republicans deride the 730-page bill as big government overreach and point particular criticism at its $80 billion investment in the IRS to hire new employees and go after tax scofflaws. Here’s what’s in the estimated $740 billion package — made up of $440 billion in new spending …

What’s in, and out, of Democrats’ inflation-fighting package
2 years, 4 months ago

What’s in, and out, of Democrats’ inflation-fighting package

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — What started as a $4 trillion effort during President Joe Biden’s first months in office to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems has ended up a much slimmer, but not unsubstantial, compromise package of inflation-fighting health care, climate change and deficit reduction strategies that appears headed toward quick votes in Congress. Lawmakers are poring over the …

Democrats Are Trying To Salvage Their Party's Child Care Initiative
2 years, 7 months ago

Democrats Are Trying To Salvage Their Party's Child Care Initiative

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Patty Murray spent the past year leading calls to create a comprehensive American child care program as part of the “Build Back Better” legislation that President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders were putting together. “I have spoken to so many moms and parents who had to quit their jobs entirely because they either couldn’t afford child …

Money on the table: child credit $ available via tax returns
2 years, 10 months ago

Money on the table: child credit $ available via tax returns

Associated Press  

The Biden administration wants families with children to know that there is roughly $193 billion waiting for them — all they need to do is file their taxes to claim it. That is the only way to receive the second half of what you are owed.” The public push is occurring at a critical juncture for both the U.S. economy …

Senators push Biden to fight to preserve the child tax credit
2 years, 10 months ago

Senators push Biden to fight to preserve the child tax credit

LA Times  

Five Democratic senators urged President Biden on Wednesday to continue to fight hard to extend the child tax credit, which he suggested last week might have to be dropped from a revamped version of his sweeping climate and domestic spending package. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Ron …

Goodbye ‘godsend’: Expiration of child tax credits hits home
2 years, 11 months ago

Goodbye ‘godsend’: Expiration of child tax credits hits home

LA Times  

Hairdresser Chelsea Woody stands outside her car at a grocery store in Charleston, W.Va. For the first time in half a year, families on Friday went without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit — a program that was intended to be part of President Biden’s legacy but has emerged instead as a flash point over who is worthy …

Biden acknowledges $2T bill stalled, but vows it will pass
3 years ago

Biden acknowledges $2T bill stalled, but vows it will pass

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping domestic policy package will likely push into the new year, as he does not yet have the votes in the Senate to lift the roughly $2 trillion bill to passage. “The best Christmas gift Washington could give working families would be putting this bad bill on ice,” …

Biden acknowledges $2T bill stalled, but vows it will pass
3 years ago

Biden acknowledges $2T bill stalled, but vows it will pass

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping domestic policy package will likely push into the new year, as he does not yet have the votes in the Senate to lift the roughly $2 trillion bill to passage. Schumer said Democrats “strongly disagree” with the parliamentarian’s decision and vowed to “pursue every means” so …

AP source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill
3 years ago

AP source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin were said to be sharply divided Wednesday over Democrats’ huge social and environment bill, with the holdout senator pushing to erase the measure’s improved child tax credit, as leaders’ hopes of passing the legislation before Christmas appear to be fading away. Many Democrats consider the expanded child tax credit the bill’s …

What’s inside Biden’s $2T social and climate measure
3 years, 1 month ago

What’s inside Biden’s $2T social and climate measure

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion plan to boost social and education programs as well as protect against global warming has passed the House, pushing it one step closer to law. FAMILY/CHILD CARE — Eligible workers would receive up to four weeks of paid leave to reimburse them for time taken to care for a new child or …

US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill
3 years, 1 month ago

US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Women — and some men — in Congress have been fighting for government child care assistance for almost 80 years. All told, the federal government’s new programs for paid parental leave, child care and an expanded child tax credit “would be pretty major, if not landmark, change for social policy and expanding its reach into the depths of …

What’s in, and what’s out, as House nears vote on Biden bill
3 years, 1 month ago

What’s in, and what’s out, as House nears vote on Biden bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s now- $1.85 trillion plan to boost social and education programs as well as protect against global warming continues to be fine-tuned by Democrats in Congress with a new goal of completing work before Thanksgiving. TAX BREAKS — An expanded child tax credit would continue for another year. — The expanded Earned Income Tax Credit that …

What’s in Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ framework?
3 years, 1 month ago

What’s in Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ framework?

LA Times  

The White House released a framework Thursday on President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda, a $1.85-trillion outline that Democrats plan to pass in Congress without any Republican support. Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that Democrats are “on a path to get this all done.” The White House said the cost of the framework is offset by nearly $2 trillion in …

Biden's equity agenda hangs in balance in the Congress spending negotiations
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden's equity agenda hangs in balance in the Congress spending negotiations

NPR  

Biden's equity agenda hangs in balance in the Congress spending negotiations Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images On his very first day in office, President Biden signed an executive order meant to begin unraveling the systemic barriers that have magnified economic inequality in the United States. Sponsor Message Where the agenda …

What’s in, and what’s out, as Democrats trim Biden bill
3 years, 2 months ago

What’s in, and what’s out, as Democrats trim Biden bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After months of talks, Democrats are edging closer to an agreement on what programs and policies to include in President Joe Biden’s massive plan to expand health and safety net programs and combat global warming. But here’s where the bill stands so far, according to lawmakers and aides: — A child tax credit increase would continue for another …

Biden touts child-care provisions in Democratic spending bill
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden touts child-care provisions in Democratic spending bill

LA Times  

President Biden on Friday implored Congress to pass his party’s major spending bill, saying it would expand access to child care and make the U.S. more competitive in the global economy. “Millions of American parents, especially moms, can’t be part of the workforce because they can’t afford the cost of child care,” Biden said Friday in a library at the …

How Democrats could shrink their $3.5 trillion spending plan
3 years, 2 months ago

How Democrats could shrink their $3.5 trillion spending plan

CNN  

CNN — Free community college. It would extend the enhanced child tax credit through 2025 and make it permanently refundable at an estimated cost of $556 billion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The Democrats can use the same trick in the budget reconciliation bill – which they did last spring in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue …

Democrats may torpedo their big plan: Shielding billionaire wealth, making it tougher to get aid
3 years, 3 months ago

Democrats may torpedo their big plan: Shielding billionaire wealth, making it tougher to get aid

Salon  

Congressional Democrats are negotiating against themselves as they try to complete a spending plan that started at $3.5 trillion but is likely to shrink significantly in the weeks ahead. "It's important to address the fact that billionaire heirs may never pay tax on billions in stock gains," Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a statement to Salon. Manchin …

Biden $3.5T plan tests voter appeal of expansive gov’t role
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden $3.5T plan tests voter appeal of expansive gov’t role

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s “build back better” agenda is poised to be the most far-reaching federal investment since FDR’s New Deal or LBJ’s Great Society — a prodigious effort to tax the rich and shift money into projects and programs touching the lives of nearly every American. “We’re doing hard things,” said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairman …

Joe Manchin Doubles Down On Wanting Parents To Work For Child Tax Credit
3 years, 3 months ago

Joe Manchin Doubles Down On Wanting Parents To Work For Child Tax Credit

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Joe Manchin has doubled down on calling for parents to work for the expanded child tax credit benefit, echoing Republican talking points and throwing a wrench into a central component of his own party’s policy agenda. “Don’t you think, if we’re going to help the children, that the people should make some effort?” Manchin’s comments echo …

Biden’s Build Back Better plan explained: What it is and what’s in it
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden’s Build Back Better plan explained: What it is and what’s in it

CNN  

CNN — After months of negotiations and passage in the House last month, President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.75 trillion economic and climate package was dealt a major blow on Sunday when a key Democratic senator said he cannot support the bill. The provision, along with the child care measure, would cost an estimated $381.5 billion, according to the CBO. This …

Here’s what’s in the Senate version of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan
3 years, 4 months ago

Here’s what’s in the Senate version of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan

CNN  

CNN — Senate Democrats released their sweeping $3.5 trillion budget resolution on Monday, August 9 – the latest step in their drive to expand education, health care and child care support, tackle the climate crisis and make further investments in infrastructure. RELATED: Schumer on $3.5 trillion bill: ‘We’re moving full speed ahead’ The Senate Budget Committee, which released a framework …

How the expanded child tax credit payments work
3 years, 5 months ago

How the expanded child tax credit payments work

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is beginning to distribute expanded child tax credit payments, giving parents on average $423 this month, with payments continuing through the end of the year. President Joe Biden increased the size of the tax credit as part of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, as well as making it fully available to families without any tax obligations. …

Biden $6T budget forecasts a booming 2021 and publicly held debt climbing to $24 Trillion
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden $6T budget forecasts a booming 2021 and publicly held debt climbing to $24 Trillion

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's 2022 has released his $6trillion budget fueled by higher taxes that will be the biggest federal package since the Second World War - where the US will have to borrow 50 cents for every $1 they spend. President Joe Biden's 2022 budget calls for spending on infrastructure, education and health programs, and would see the accumulated debt …

Biden will start sending monthly child tax credit checks up to $300 to 39 million families
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden will start sending monthly child tax credit checks up to $300 to 39 million families

Daily Mail  

Expanded monthly child tax credits will start going out to 39 million U.S. families starting July 15, the President Joe Biden and the Treasury Department announced Monday. Joe Biden announced Monday his Treasury Department will start sending monthly child tax credits to 39 million families on July 15 'We need to give ordinary families a break – a tax break …

Parents Will Start Getting Monthly Checks From The Government Starting July 15
3 years, 7 months ago

Parents Will Start Getting Monthly Checks From The Government Starting July 15

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Tens of millions of U.S. households will begin receiving monthly checks of up to $300 per child starting July 15, President Joe Biden’s administration announced Monday. The checks are the result of a boosted child tax credit program Democrats included in the American Rescue Plan, the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Biden signed into law in March. …

Republicans Tar New Child Benefit As Welfare Without Work
3 years, 7 months ago

Republicans Tar New Child Benefit As Welfare Without Work

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats have changed their approach to social programs, embracing unconditional cash assistance without the kind of “work requirements” they loved in the Bill Clinton years. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader in the House, and Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, have called it “welfare without work.” “Good jobs and rising …

A closer look at Biden’s $1.8T for families and education
3 years, 7 months ago

A closer look at Biden’s $1.8T for families and education

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration wants to make a $1.8 trillion down payment on the future of children, families and higher education, saying it would produce lasting benefits for the economy. Families earning 1.5 times their state median income would pay a maximum of 7% of their income for all children under age 5. The credits would cover as …

Biden’s Plan: Raise Taxes On The Rich, Spend It On Education
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden’s Plan: Raise Taxes On The Rich, Spend It On Education

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden will propose spending $1.8 trillion over the next decade to make massive investments in the nation’s education system, and to expand and protect tax credits aimed at the middle class, administration officials said Tuesday night, adding that he would pay for the ambitious agenda with a number of tax hikes aimed at the wealthiest …

Biden to propose free preschool, as speech details emerge
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden to propose free preschool, as speech details emerge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children, a $200 billion investment to be rolled out as part of his sweeping American Families Plan being unveiled Wednesday in an address to Congress. The president’s speech and the rollout of the American Families Plan come as Biden is marking his first 100 days …

American Families Plan: What’s in Biden’s $1.8 trillion care proposal
3 years, 7 months ago

American Families Plan: What’s in Biden’s $1.8 trillion care proposal

CNN  

CNN — A month after he laid out a roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan aimed at helping the nation recover from the coronavirus pandemic, President Joe Biden is set to unveil an additional $1.8 trillion federal investment in education, child care and paid family leave during his first address to Congress on Wednesday. The proposal would also extend or make …

White House Proposes $1.8 Trillion Plan For Children And Families
3 years, 7 months ago

White House Proposes $1.8 Trillion Plan For Children And Families

NPR  

White House Proposes $1.8 Trillion Plan For Children And Families Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images On the eve of his 100th day in office, President Biden will lay out the latest plank in his economic agenda, a massive spending package that senior administration officials say would improve the lives of …

US: Biden to unveil $1.8 trillion family aid plan
3 years, 7 months ago

US: Biden to unveil $1.8 trillion family aid plan

Al Jazeera  

The White House called the proposal to expand educational opportunities and childcare for families a ‘once-in-a-generation’ plan. Marking his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden is set to use his first joint address to Congress to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally transform the role government plays in American life. In …

Biden’s ‘Families Plan’ would tax rich to help schools, childcare, community college and more
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden’s ‘Families Plan’ would tax rich to help schools, childcare, community college and more

LA Times  

President Biden is proposing an ambitious $1.8-trillion, 10-year plan to subsidize American families’ education, child care, health insurance and job leave costs — an investment in workers intended to complement his earlier call for infrastructure spending and much more, to rebuild an economy hobbled by pandemic and economic inequality. The latest package would be paid for in part by turning …

Democrats Pressure Joe Biden To Go Bigger On Checks For Parents
3 years, 7 months ago

Democrats Pressure Joe Biden To Go Bigger On Checks For Parents

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats in Congress want the federal government to send parents checks every month as a permanent policy — they just have to get President Joe Biden to back the proposal. “We can’t afford to let this moment pass.” Rep. Rosa DeLauro wants the expanded child tax credit provided through monthly payments to parents to become permanent. “We …

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