After 2021, Congress didn't renew the temporary tax break and the child tax credit reverted back to its prior levels, andit is scheduled to drop again after 2025 to $1,000 per child. Efforts to expand the credit since 2021 haven't panned out, includinga Senate vote on Aug. 1that f...
House Speaker Mike Johnson outlined plans to move the GOP agenda through the budget reconciliation process, which allows them to fast-track certain types of legislation and avoid the 60-vote threshold typically required in the Senate. But reconciliation is a complicated maneuver that comes with its ...
Children Are Hungry #VOTE CTC Campaign From Oregon to Florida, basic income advocates across the country spoke out for the #ChildTaxCrediton Feb. 3rd, using millions of grains of rice to create a collective show of force for this transformative policy. ...
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Mr. Biden only briefly addressed topics that were once central to his agenda — passing paid family and medical leave, allowing affordable child care and restoring the extended child tax credit, which significantly reduced child poverty. He did not expand on those goals, which couldn't be passed...
But passage through Congress is not assured because many key senators have concerns about aspects of the bill. Wyden said a strong vote in the House could spur the Senate into quicker action. Still, passing major legislation in an election year is generally a heavy lift. ...
On June 27, 2013, Campbell announced that he would not seek re-election in 2014. Elected to represent southern Orange County's 70th District in the California State Assembly in 2000, Campbell won 60% of the vote in a five-way race to replace term-limited Assemblywoman Marilyn Brewer. Campb...
Capitol ahead of a vote on the Equality Act, Feb. 25, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters Biden offered a special assurance to transgender people as he called on Congress to send the Equality Act to his desk to sign. "To all transgender Americans watching at home — especially the young people ...
During his first term, President Obama was regularly frustrated by Senate Republicans who refused to allow the Senate to vote on his nominees to executive and judicial posi- tions. The president normally has the opportunity to make appointments on his own when Congress is in recess, appointments ...
"Nearly 50 million seniors could stop receiving Social Security payments or see them delayed, our troops would not know when their paychecks would come. Thirty million families who rely on the Child Tax Credit would not receive them on time, unemployment would surely rise," Yellen said. ...