John,
Before the New Year, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that increased funding for many human needs programs. But a glaring omission was the lack of the expanded Child Tax Credit.
In 2021, the Child Tax Credit was expanded and the full credit was made available to families with the lowest incomes for the first time in its history. As a result, child poverty fell by 46% in 2021, with Black and Hispanic child poverty falling by 6.3% in each community, impacting 716,000 Black children and 1.2 million Hispanic children.
Write a letter to President Biden today urging him to use his bully pulpit to keep fighting for the expanded Child Tax Credit.
The gains made during the expansion in 2021 have since eroded. Renewing the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit is not only the morally right thing to do, but it’s politically popular.
85% of parents with babies and toddlers want Congress to take swift action in passing the expanded Child Tax Credit.1 80% of all voters surveyed said tax breaks for wealthy corporations should not be passed until Congress reinstates the monthly Child Tax Credit.2 86% of Democrats, 77% of independents and 64% of Republicans believe passing the expanded Child Tax Credit is a legislative priority.
If the Child Tax Credit isn’t expanded, 19 million children and their families will continue to be excluded from the full credit because their parents' income is too low. We cannot allow that inequity to continue to flourish in 2023.
Click “START WRITING” to send a message directly to President Joe Biden that says “no corporate tax cuts without the expanded Child Tax Credit for children and families!”
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Thank you for your support,
LeftNet
Sources:
1. "New Poll Shows 85% of Parents of Babies and Toddlers Want Swift Congressional Action to Reinstate Child Tax Credit Reforms" ZERO TO THREE, November 30, 2022 https://www.zerotothree.org/news/new-poll-shows-85-of-parents-of-babies-and-toddlers-want-swift-congressional-action-to-reinstate-child-tax-credit-reforms/
1. "Public Opinion on the
Child Tax Credit" Lake Research Partners, September 2022 https://economicsecurityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lake-ESP-CTC-slides-Sep2022.pdf
