"The modern #GOP is supposed to be pro-family, pro-tax-cuts and anti-“waste, fraud and abuse.” So why are #Republican #senators trying to tank a bill that is all three?
In January, lawmakers hammered out a kids-and-companies #tax deal: #Congress would extend a few business tax breaks that had recently expired in exchange for expanding the #ChildTaxCredit. The bipartisan compromise turned out to be a very good bill"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/11/child-tax-credit-republicans-senate/
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
in reply to Zhi Zhu 🕸️ • • •"the legislation would improve the living standards of 16 million low-income #kids and lift 400,000 #children out of poverty in its first year. It would increase incentives for research and development. And the icing on the cake: The whole thing would be paid for by curbing a pandemic-era #tax break that has produced an avalanche of fraudulent claims...
It also offers #Republicans a chance to prove their pro-family bona fides after #Dobbs."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/11/child-tax-credit-republicans-senate/
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
in reply to Zhi Zhu 🕸️ • • •"Today, #Republican senators are trying to kill the legislation...
Some worry about handing President #Biden a win so close to the #election (I’d argue the 400,000 kids lifted out of poverty would be the real winners, but to each their own.)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said this explicitly in January: “Passing a #tax bill that makes the president look good... means he could be reelected.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/11/child-tax-credit-republicans-senate/
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