| Friend, Expanding the Child Tax Credit would give a vital boost to 16 million children in lower-income families struggling to make ends meet. It would immediately lift 400,00 kids out of poverty.(1) The U.S. of House Representatives has already overwhelmingly passed this bipartisan bill, but the Senate is stalling. Now, with Tax Day rapidly approaching, we need to demand the Senate pass this measure right now so that kids and poor families can reap the benefits ASAP. Will you sign our petition to pressure Senators to expand the Child Tax Credit without delay?
Child poverty is a policy choice. We know this because when Congress let the pandemic-era expansion of the Child Tax Credit expire, nearly 6 million kids were plunged back into poverty.(2) Now, lawmakers have a chance to right their wrong by expanding the credit starting with Tax Year 2023 and making it more accessible to lower-income families with little or no tax liability. Doing so would boost 400,000 children over the poverty line for 2023. By 2025, that figure would rise to half a million.(3) This is a broadly bipartisan measure, receiving more than 80 percent of the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.(4) But now, Senate Republicans are balking, and time is running for the Senate to get the measure to President Biden’s desk before Tax Day. Frankly, this door is about to close, and we don’t know when it will open again. Yours in the fight against child poverty, –Irene, Annie, Angela, Isidra, Mario, Marvin, Alyssa, Jen, and Lindsay (the Courage team)
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