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 data released last week showed child poverty has surged to pre-pandemic levels. Many in Washington, D.C., would like to see the child tax credit expanded again, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican. But Rubio, unlike his Democratic counterparts, wants the expanded child tax credit to include work requirements.

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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 …

Harris Proposes Massive Child Tax Credit Increase as Election Looms
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Harris Proposes Massive Child Tax Credit Increase as Election Looms

Associated Press  

The child tax credit is a topic of significant discussion in the upcoming presidential election. Democrats seek a massive expansion of the tax credit, while Republicans have expressed support for increasing the tax credit but also concern that for some parents, it could become an incentive not to work. The stakes of this debate are high for parents who are …

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,” …

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 …

How a ‘game-changer’ child tax credit for families became a priority for Harris, Vance
4 months, 1 week ago

How a ‘game-changer’ child tax credit for families became a priority for Harris, Vance

LA Times  

Parent coach Alba Mariscal, left, makes a home visit to Cudahy in August 2023. And in an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation” last Sunday, Vance said he supported an increase to the child tax credit. “Look, I’d love to see a child tax credit that’s $5,000 per child,” he said. The child tax credit was first enacted in 1997 …

Column: Trump says Harris stole his idea for exempting tips from tax, but her version beats his
4 months, 1 week ago

Column: Trump says Harris stole his idea for exempting tips from tax, but her version beats his

LA Times  

Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a rally in Las Vegas, where she unveiled a plan to raise the minimum wage and cut taxes on tips. “A meaningful share of tipped workers already pay zero federal income tax,” Tedeschi notes. Far more gains would be achieved by extending enhancements to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax …

Opinion: Why is the ‘pro-family’ GOP blocking legislation that would help lift many kids out of poverty?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Why is the ‘pro-family’ GOP blocking legislation that would help lift many kids out of poverty?

LA Times  

Vice presidential candidate JD Vance is among the Republicans saying that Democrats are anti-family. Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance told Megyn Kelly last month that Democrats are calling for an end to the Child Tax Credit because they are “anti-family and anti-kid.” Vance, who has courted controversy for calling Democrats the party of “childless cat ladies,” then declared, “We …

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. …

Senate GOP blocks tax bill as Democrats spotlight child tax credit in election-year push
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Senate GOP blocks tax bill as Democrats spotlight child tax credit in election-year push

CNN  

Washington CNN — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bipartisan tax package that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and restored some business tax benefits. Vance has falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is calling to end the child tax credit. On the contrary, we strongly support it.” Child tax credit expansion …

US Child Tax Credit 2024: Who is eligible for the benefit?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US Child Tax Credit 2024: Who is eligible for the benefit?

Hindustan Times  

The House introduced expansions to the Child Tax Credit 2024 scheme by passing a bill last week. What does the Child Tax Credit 2024 expansion mean? The child should not file a joint return with their partner for the tax year OR file it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax/ estimated tax paid. Lower-income families will Tax …

House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses
10 months, 3 weeks ago

House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House accomplished something unusual Wednesday in passing with broad, bipartisan support a roughly $79 billion tax cut package that would enhance the child tax credit for millions of lower-income families and boost three tax breaks for businesses, a combination that gives lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle coveted policy wins. He spent part of the …

House passes bipartisan tax bill to expand child tax credit
10 months, 3 weeks ago

House passes bipartisan tax bill to expand child tax credit

NPR  

House passes bipartisan tax bill to expand child tax credit Enlarge this image toggle caption Catie Dull/NPR Catie Dull/NPR The House has overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan tax package that pairs a temporary expansion of the child tax credit with business tax breaks and credits to develop more low-income housing. The bill includes $33 billion to expand the widely used child …

New, expanded child tax credits are back — and they may actually pass Congress
10 months, 4 weeks ago

New, expanded child tax credits are back — and they may actually pass Congress

LA Times  

Congress, which has been setting records for a lack of accomplishments, may be on the verge of actually doing something big: passing a bill that could lift half a million kids out of poverty by next year. The proposal, which the House could vote on as soon as next week, involves an expanded tax credit for parents of children 16 …

Congress Hunts The Rarest Beast: Bipartisan Election-Year Deals
11 months ago

Congress Hunts The Rarest Beast: Bipartisan Election-Year Deals

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Congress is striving to accomplish what rarely gets done in an election year: three separate bipartisan agreements on taxes, spending and immigration policy. He said the House has a duty to "seek bipartisan compromises on tough, tough issues.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images In response to a surge of migrants at the southern border, Republicans have proposed …

Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses
11 months, 1 week ago

Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses

LA Times  

The chairmen of the top tax policy committees in Congress announced a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to enhance the child tax credit and revive a variety of tax breaks for businesses, a combination designed to attract support from lawmakers of both political parties. The bill would incrementally increase the maximum refundable child tax credit to $1,800 for 2023 tax returns, $1,900 …

Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses
11 months, 1 week ago

Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The chairmen of the top tax policy committees in Congress announced a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to enhance the child tax credit and revive a variety of tax breaks for businesses, a combination designed to attract support from lawmakers of both political parties. The bill would incrementally increase the maximum refundable child tax credit to $1,800 for 2023 tax …

To tackle poverty, more states will offer bigger child tax credits in 2024
11 months, 3 weeks ago

To tackle poverty, more states will offer bigger child tax credits in 2024

NPR  

To tackle poverty, more states will offer bigger child tax credits in 2024 Enlarge this image toggle caption Steve LeBlanc/AP Steve LeBlanc/AP Many Americans took a double whammy to the pocketbook this year: Prices for things like food and rent rose, and federal pandemic aid continued to peter out. "While the state-specific child tax credits are smaller than what we've …

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 …

You’re not getting child tax credit checks anymore. Here’s why
1 year, 11 months ago

You’re not getting child tax credit checks anymore. Here’s why

LA Times  

Christina Darling plays with her sons Kayden, 10, left, and Brennan, 4, at home in Nashua, N.H., in 2021. Darling and her family had qualified for the expanded child tax credit, part of President Biden’s $1.9-trillion coronavirus relief package. “It didn’t have enough time to just root in the way you need it to,” said DeLauro, who advocated for an …

Hopes fade for year-end tax deal in congress to aid companies, children
2 years ago

Hopes fade for year-end tax deal in congress to aid companies, children

Live Mint  

Lawmakers are struggling to reach bipartisan agreement on a year-end tax deal, and businesses and antipoverty advocates both look unlikely to get what they want. Republicans and many companies want to reverse, prevent or delay some tax increases on businesses that were scheduled in a GOP-backed 2017 tax law and that began taking effect this year. For families, the child …

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 …

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 …

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 …

COVID-expanded child tax credit benefit nears lapse
3 years ago

COVID-expanded child tax credit benefit nears lapse

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s one of the most far-reaching of all the federal aid programs launched during the COVID-19 pandemic — up to $300 per child going directly into the bank accounts of families on the 15th of every month. The swift launch, and potentially quick end, to the bolstered child tax credit highlights the risks of enacting sweeping social policy …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 says child tax credit a ‘giant step’ to counter poverty
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden says child tax credit a ‘giant step’ to counter poverty

Al Jazeera  

The Child Tax Credit is being likened to a universal basic income for children that helps people meet monthly expenses. Some 35 million American families have started receiving their first monthly payout from the US government in an expanded income-support programme that President Joe Biden said on Thursday could help end child poverty. Under the Child Tax Credit programme that …

Tax Cut Or Benefit: Democrats Are Giving Parents Money, But Don’t Know What To Call It
3 years, 5 months ago

Tax Cut Or Benefit: Democrats Are Giving Parents Money, But Don’t Know What To Call It

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats want to make a $300 per child monthly payment to most families a central part of American life. And in two back-to-back Twitter messages earlier this month, White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese called the “child tax credit” “one of the largest-ever single tax cuts” and a “child allowance.” The American Rescue Plan’s expansion …

Parents Are Already Budgeting For New Child Tax Payments
3 years, 6 months ago

Parents Are Already Budgeting For New Child Tax Payments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The IRS has notified millions of parents that they will soon receive monthly payments worth as much as $300 per child, and some have already made plans for the money. Rykiel, 33, does the family’s taxes, so she was well aware that the child tax credit benefited her family even before Democrats dramatically expanded it as part …

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 …

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 …

Parents Would Keep Getting Monthly Checks Under Joe Biden's 'American Families Plan'
3 years, 7 months ago

Parents Would Keep Getting Monthly Checks Under Joe Biden's 'American Families Plan'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Parents would receive monthly checks, even after this year is over, under President Joe Biden’s forthcoming multitrillion-dollar plan for American families. Economic advisers initially planned on a four-year extension of the child tax credit that would expire in 2025, The Washington Post first reported and HuffPost confirmed with two administration officials. Democrats significantly increased the child tax …

Taxes: Biden’s stimulus delivered a bigger tax cut to lower-income Americans than the 2017 GOP reform, report shows
3 years, 7 months ago

Taxes: Biden’s stimulus delivered a bigger tax cut to lower-income Americans than the 2017 GOP reform, report shows

CNN  

CNN — While President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are readying their plan to hike incomes taxes on the wealthy, a new government report shows that their $1.9 trillion relief package slashed taxes for lower- and moderate-income Americans for this year. This is a far bigger tax cut for Americans on the lower and middle rungs of the income ladder …

The Most Consequential Policy In The COVID-19 Relief Law Is Still A Big Mystery
3 years, 9 months ago

The Most Consequential Policy In The COVID-19 Relief Law Is Still A Big Mystery

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats have said the expansion of the child tax credit might be the most important part of the American Rescue Plan, the coronavirus relief bill President Joe Biden signed into law last week. That’s a pretty tough question to say yes to,” Sen. Sherrod Brown said of the child tax credit in the new coronavirus relief bill. …

Child Tax Credit: Millions of parents could soon get up to $3,600 per child
3 years, 9 months ago

Child Tax Credit: Millions of parents could soon get up to $3,600 per child

CBS News  

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden, is aimed at shoring up the pandemic-stricken economy through fiscal measures like expanded unemployment aid and direct stimulus checks. But the legislation also includes a relatively novel measure that offers a form of guaranteed income to parents of children under 18, or what one expert calls "a …

Democrats Have Passed Their COVID-19 Bill. Now Comes The Hard Part.
3 years, 9 months ago

Democrats Have Passed Their COVID-19 Bill. Now Comes The Hard Part.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING People already like the American Rescue Plan that House Democrats pushed through final passage on Wednesday. “The people of Georgia will know that it was this team and this White House that delivered this legislation.” If it weren’t for Ossoff and fellow Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, who together gave Democrats control of the Senate by winning …

Marco Rubio, GOP call massively popular child tax credit "welfare"; Democrats vow to keep it
3 years, 9 months ago

Marco Rubio, GOP call massively popular child tax credit "welfare"; Democrats vow to keep it

Salon  

The temporary child tax credit provision within Democrats' massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill could ultimately become a permanent pillar of the U.S. tax code — and could even transform the way the nation handles child poverty. Public polling suggests the stimulus is widely popular — even though it has zero support from GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill — and …

Child tax credit expansion sets up showdown with GOP
3 years, 9 months ago

Child tax credit expansion sets up showdown with GOP

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The massive coronavirus relief plan making its way to President Joe Biden’s desk includes a plan to temporarily raise the child tax credit that could end up permanently changing the way the country deals with child poverty. The American Rescue Plan, expected to receive final approval this week, temporarily raises the child tax credit, now at a maximum …

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