{"id":1025694,"date":"2023-09-12T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025694"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:58:59","slug":"reminder-maga-republicans-refused-to-expand-child-tax-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-maga-republicans-refused-to-expand-child-tax-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: MAGA Republicans Refused to Expand Child Tax Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Two years ago, President Biden and Democrats cut child poverty nearly in half by expanding the Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan. Yet instead of building on that progress, MAGA Republicans in Congress opposed extending the expanded Child Tax Credit \u2014 leading to a rise in child poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every single MAGA Republican in Congress voted against expanding the Child Tax Credit, which was a \u201chistoric\u201d step in reducing child poverty. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cIncluded in the 628 pages of the American Rescue Plan is a change that experts say will prove to be a \u2018historic\u2019 step in reducing child poverty. The proposal calls for a one-year expansion in both the value and scope of the child tax credit to American families, something some studies estimate could lift millions of children out of poverty. The measure would increase the amount of the child tax credit to $3,600 per child under 6 and $3,000 per child between the ages of 6 and 18. That is up from a maximum benefit of $2,000 under the current policy. It also expands the ages of children eligible, which was previously capped at age 17.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut even for Republicans, the measure did not prove to be a sticking point in partisan negotiations over the bill — which still did not get a single Republican vote in the House or Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans running for president sided with MAGA extremists in Congress in opposing legislation that expanded the Child Tax Credit. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tallahassee Democrat<\/a>: \u201cLast year, DeSantis<\/strong> also said of the American Rescue Plan, \u2018In some respects, it\u2019s Washington at its worst.\u2019 He called the package a \u2018Christmas tree,\u2019 filled with dollars sought by Democratic interest groups.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cOne year after Biden signed Democrats\u2019 $1.9 trillion Covid \u2018relief\u2019 bill he\u2019s pushing through another $1.5 trillion in government spending. When will Democrats admit their out-of-control spending is fueling inflation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christie<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cAll [Biden] wants to talk about is Vladimir Putin and how he\u2019s caused all the problems in this country and that he didn\u2019t engage in reckless spending while he did that $1.9 trillion American rescue plan. \u2026 This is ridiculous stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salon<\/a>: \u201cMike Pence<\/strong> rallies Republicans to vote against COVID relief bill backed by a majority of Americans\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roll Call Vote, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021<\/a>: \u201cScott<\/strong> (R-SC), Nay\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Republicans in Congress had <\/strong>no shame <\/em><\/strong>in opposing legislation extending the expansion of the Child Tax Credit, and one even claimed he wasn\u2019t getting \u201cgood vibes\u201d about extending it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cCongressional Democrats are now seeking to extend the expansion for four additional years as part of $3.5 trillion social spending legislation opposed by Trump\u2019s fellow Republicans. The one-year expansion – part of COVID-19 pandemic relief legislation signed by Biden in March, is expected to funnel $105 billion to American families, many still hurting from the economic effects of the public health crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cSen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said Tuesday that he hoped lawmakers could reach an agreement to extend business tax breaks, but that he wasn\u2019t getting \u2018good vibes\u2019 on a deal with Democrats because the cost of the child tax credit was too high. On Wednesday, the top Republican on the Senate tax committee, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), made it clear that Republicans won\u2019t go for the trade. \u2018As of right now there\u2019s no support for that on the Republican side,\u2019 Crapo told HuffPost.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the authors of Trump\u2019s tax scam \u2014 which benefited the ultra-wealthy and big corporations \u2014 even called efforts to reduce child poverty too expensive. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cAdding child tax credit benefits to a year-end spending bill would require significant GOP support, and Republicans seem unenthusiastic. \u2018The country frankly doesn\u2019t have the time or the money for the partisan, expensive provisions such as child tax credit,\u2019 said Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House committee that oversees taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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