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 of the House Democrats’ campaign committee tasked with maintaining the party’s slender majority. “We’re not perfect,” he said in a conference call Wednesday about the party and its goals, “but we’re responsible adults, and we’re here to fix problems.” Republicans fundamentally disagree, attempting to label the Biden agenda as “far left” and “socialism” that they will fiercely oppose. The last time Democrats succeeded in accomplishing something this big, the Affordable Care Act, it cost them their House majority in the 2010 midterm election, during then-President Barack Obama’s first term.

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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 …

Election 2024: Trump's pitch to women voters on abortion and IVF is grotesque, but it makes sense.
2 months ago

Election 2024: Trump's pitch to women voters on abortion and IVF is grotesque, but it makes sense.

Slate  

What, most politicians ask themselves, do women want? Trump’s Republican Party is also the best on IVF, he said, better than Democrats—and in fact, he, Trump, is the “father of IVF,” an absurd claim he boasted three separate times. But it’s really clear that Trump knows how bad Republicans look on this—and he credited the “fantastically attractive” Sen. Katie Britt …

Editorial: Which political party is really ‘anti-kid’? Just look at recent child tax credit history
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Which political party is really ‘anti-kid’? Just look at recent child tax credit history

LA Times  

President Biden arrives to speak at an event to mark the start of monthly child tax credit relief payments in July 2021. There’s a reason voters are hearing more about the child tax credit during this presidential campaign, with both Republican and Democratic candidates voicing support for its expansion. Vance, who has disingenuously tried to label Democrats “anti-family and anti-kid,” …

What we know about Kamala Harris’s tax plans
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What we know about Kamala Harris’s tax plans

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In her keynote address at the Democratic National …

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. …

Biden’s Economic Message Failed With Voters. Can Harris Do Better?
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden’s Economic Message Failed With Voters. Can Harris Do Better?

Politico  

But with Harris’ late entry into the presidential race, that vision has been given a sudden bolt of electricity, and her 2021 pitch is a window into her potential economic agenda if she inherits the Oval Office. “I think she will prioritize these issues in a more authentic and enthusiastic way than we’ve seen before,” said Vicki Shabo, a longtime …

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 heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about taxes
8 months, 1 week ago

Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about taxes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is headed to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania on Tuesday to talk about who he believes should be paying more in taxes and who should be paying less. Biden’s campaign said in an announcement on Friday the upcoming speech on the day after Tax Day in the U.S. would “drive home a simple question: ‘Do …

Meet the Republican deadbeat dads
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet the Republican deadbeat dads

Raw Story  

Recently, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos used in in-vitro fertilization have the same legal rights as living, breathing, flesh-and-blood children. Republican President George W. Bush signed tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, which gave $570,000 windfalls to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, while the Republican house in 2003 voted for steep cuts to Medicaid, food stamps …

Biden to call in State of the Union for business tax hikes, middle class tax cuts and lower deficits
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden to call in State of the Union for business tax hikes, middle class tax cuts and lower deficits

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is going into Thursday’s State of the Union address with an expanded plan to raise corporate taxes and use the proceeds to trim budget deficits and cut taxes for the middle class. State of the Union 2024 President Joe Biden delivered his 2024 State of the Union address, hammering Republican lawmakers on immigration, tax policy …

This Republican senator wants an expanded child tax credit — with work requirements
1 year, 3 months ago

This Republican senator wants an expanded child tax credit — with work requirements

NPR  

This Republican senator wants an expanded child tax credit — with work requirements Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images An unusual thing happened a couple of years ago: nearly 3 million children in the United States were lifted out of poverty. Fast forward 2.5 years — those expanded tax credits have expired and new census …

A pediatrician's view on child poverty rates: 'I need policymakers to do their job'
1 year, 3 months ago

A pediatrician's view on child poverty rates: 'I need policymakers to do their job'

NPR  

A pediatrician's view on child poverty rates: 'I need policymakers to do their job' Enlarge this image toggle caption Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF Child poverty in the U.S. has more than doubled in a year, and we have a pretty clear idea what drove it: Congress let the expanded child tax credit expire. The …

Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended
1 year, 3 months ago

Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended

Associated Press  

Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, income inequality increased when using after-tax income, another result of the end of pandemic-era tax credits, according to Census Bureau reports on income, …

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 …

Column: Anti-poverty programs work. Why are Democrats letting them wither?
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: Anti-poverty programs work. Why are Democrats letting them wither?

LA Times  

It’s an article of faith down our way that Democrats are good at enacting programs that help ordinary Americans and the vulnerable but are atrocious at communicating their ideals and successes to the public, while Republicans care only about serving the rich but are superb at fostering the misimpression that they’re servants of the masses. Starting last year and culminating …

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 …

One Of Democrats’ Proudest Policy Achievements Is Missing From The Midterms
2 years, 1 month ago

One Of Democrats’ Proudest Policy Achievements Is Missing From The Midterms

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Last year Democrats boasted about a new monthly allowance they’d created for households with kids. Democratic campaign ads have highlighted the party’s support for reducing costs for the middle class, and any mention of “middle class tax cuts” could semi-plausibly be a reference to the child tax credit, since the monthly payments the IRS sent out last …

Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden’s popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Compare me to the alternative.” The President’s approval rating remains underwater, with 53% of U.S. adults disapproving of him, and the economy continues to be a …

Democrats’ big package: What remains in and what’s out?
2 years, 4 months ago

Democrats’ big package: What remains in and what’s out?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s nowhere near the $4 trillion proposal President Joe Biden first launched to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems but the compromise package of inflation-fighting health care, climate change and deficit reduction strategies appears on track toward Senate votes this weekend. What’s in, and out, of the Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” as it stands …

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 …

After Roe: Dems challenge GOP to show they care for mothers
2 years, 5 months ago

After Roe: Dems challenge GOP to show they care for mothers

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for abortion rights set off a contest between Democrats and Republicans going into the midterm elections over whose policies would do more to help vulnerable mothers and children. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who heads the Republican campaign committee in the Senate, said GOP lawmakers now have the responsibility to …

Biden’s approval dips to the lowest of his presidency, AP-NORC poll shows
2 years, 7 months ago

Biden’s approval dips to the lowest of his presidency, AP-NORC poll shows

LA Times  

President Biden’s approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party. Only 39% of U.S. adults approve of Biden’s performance as president, according to the poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Research, dipping from already negative ratings a month earlier. …

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 …

Study: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires
2 years, 10 months ago

Study: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study. As part of Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package last year, the existing child tax credit program was massively reshaped, boosting the amount of the payments, greatly expanding the pool of …

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,” …

Manchin’s child tax credit stance draws criticism back home
3 years ago

Manchin’s child tax credit stance draws criticism back home

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin’s reluctance to endorse the Biden administration’s expanded child tax credit program is rippling through his home state of West Virginia. The West Virginia senator has expressed concerns over multiple aspects of the roughly $2 trillion package, including the continuation of the expanded Child Tax Credit program. “There is no state that’s more impacted by the …

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 …

Democrats’ bill plans the biggest expansion of public education in a century
3 years, 1 month ago

Democrats’ bill plans the biggest expansion of public education in a century

LA Times  

Democrats are seeking to provide universal preschool and subsidized child care in one of the largest pieces of the Build Back Better social spending bill. “Democrats want to sweep the first five years of children’s lives into a new set of top-down, one-size-fits-all, Washington-knows-best regulations.” Several Republicans have complained the policy would exclude faith-based preschool or day-care programs. “The way …

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 …

Biden announces 'historic' deal — but no action yet
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden announces 'historic' deal — but no action yet

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Eager to have a deal in hand before …

Biden announces ‘historic’ deal — but still must win votes
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden announces ‘historic’ deal — but still must win votes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he and Democrats in Congress have reached a “historic” framework for his sweeping domestic policy package. One pivotal Democratic holdout, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, said, “I look forward to getting this done.” However, another, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, was less committal: “This is all in the hands of the House …

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 …

Child tax credit tussle reflects debate over work incentives
3 years, 2 months ago

Child tax credit tussle reflects debate over work incentives

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — To supporters of the child tax credit, there has always been an “aha moment” — the recognition that as little as a few hundred dollars a month could be life-changing. Bennet and DeLauro are among the Democratic lawmakers who have pushed to make permanent an expanded child tax credit, which President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief package transformed into …

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 …

Democrats grapple with pared down Build Back Better agenda
3 years, 2 months ago

Democrats grapple with pared down Build Back Better agenda

CNN  

CNN — Forced to pare down their bill to expand the social safety net, Democrats are now having to make tough calls on what they can cut from the proposal, prompting fresh concerns from members who had been working for years on provisions that once had been included in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda and now may be …

Sinema's giant flip-flop: She once campaigned on issues she now wants dropped from Biden’s plan
3 years, 2 months ago

Sinema's giant flip-flop: She once campaigned on issues she now wants dropped from Biden’s plan

Salon  

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., perhaps the main obstacle to passing President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan, campaigned on many of the key issues that she now wants dropped from the proposal. Sinema balked at Biden's proposed $3.5 trillion price tag and is reportedly dead set against Democrats' proposals to partly roll back the Trump administration's tax cuts for corporations …

"I'm comfortable with zero": In tiff with Bernie Sanders, Joe Manchin admits he doesn't want a deal
3 years, 2 months ago

"I'm comfortable with zero": In tiff with Bernie Sanders, Joe Manchin admits he doesn't want a deal

Salon  

After making a series of demands that the White House cut back on President Joe Biden's ambitious domestic agenda, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, reportedly admitted to his Senate colleagues that he actually wants to scuttle the president's entire plan. Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester told Axios he recalls Manchin telling Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders: "I'm comfortable with …

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 …

With clock ticking, Biden meets with progressives and moderates to secure his agenda
3 years, 2 months ago

With clock ticking, Biden meets with progressives and moderates to secure his agenda

NPR  

With clock ticking, Biden meets with progressives and moderates to secure his agenda Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images Progressive Democrats emerged from a meeting at the White House Tuesday praising President Biden's efforts but acknowledging that in any spending agreement with moderates, key progressive priorities, including climate, pre-K and the child tax credit, would …

Joe speaks for child care plans
3 years, 2 months ago

Joe speaks for child care plans

Deccan Chronicle  

Biden, who became a single parent juggling a political career and two young boys after his wife and one-year-old daughter were killed in a car accident in 1972, made the appeal during a speech in Connecticut. Talking about how the crash demonstrated the importance of helping parents struggling with work and raising families, he pointed out how he “could not …

Biden Suggests Shortening Length Of Budget Programs Rather Than Slashing Them
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden Suggests Shortening Length Of Budget Programs Rather Than Slashing Them

Huff Post  

HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden said Friday he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate some entirely, as Democrats struggle to win support from moderates by trimming what had been a $3.5 trillion proposal. “I’m of the view that it’s important to establish the principle on …

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