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John,
Cynical Senators are playing politics with the Child Tax Credit―and with the lives of millions of families with young children.
Some members of the Senate are lining up to block a tax package that will benefit 16 million children in lower-income families via an expanded CTC, despite a broad bipartisan House vote. Why? For some, the answer is simple: pure politics.
Expanding the Child Tax Credit is popular and is proven to dramatically reduce child poverty levels. So why are some members of the Senate trying so hard to stop the Senate from moving forward on this bipartisan package, and kill the CTC with poison pill amendments? Maybe because they think they can get a bill with more corporate tax breaks and a weaker CTC in the next Congress. Or maybe they don’t want to hand President Biden a legislative victory on an issue he has consistently championed. Whatever the reason, they are denying low-income families with children a bigger refund check as the deadline for filing taxes approaches.
Write to your Senators and urge them to stop playing politics with a critical tax credit for low-income families. Tell them to pass the expanded Child Tax Credit now!
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While the expanded Child Tax Credit included in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act is temporary and not as robust as the one passed in 2021, it would still lift 400,000 children out of poverty in tax year 2023, rising to 500,000 above the poverty line in 2025.1 It would also add much needed income to about 16 million children in families struggling to meet basic needs.2
The House passed the bill overwhelmingly weeks ago. The time for the Senate to act is now.
Write to your Senators and urge them to pass the expanded Child Tax Credit. Children and families need help now!
Thank you for all you do,
Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
1 Reported Proposal to Expand Child Tax Credit Would Lift as Many as 400,000 Children Above the Poverty Line
2 About 16 Million Children in Low-Income Families Would Gain in First Year of Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion
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