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Top reporter @jasondeparle has a must-read today that shines a light on child poverty and the opportunity at-hand to help address it in the next fiscal response bill as the House-passed Heroes Act does:

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The Coronavirus Generation

The virus doesn’t sicken kids as much as adults. But it can still destroy their futures. A child allowance would help.

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Here is our take on why the 27 million children currently excluded from the full child tax credit should be included in the next fiscal package as they are in the House-passed Heroes Act: http://bit.ly/2FQhTjv ">https://bit.ly/2FQhTjv&q...

Temporarily Expanding Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit

The next fiscal stimulus package should make the Child Tax Credit fully available to the 27 million children in low-income families who currently receive a partial tax credit or no credit at all

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Here my colleague Kris Cox explains how a fully available Child Tax Credit would disproportionately benefit women of color and their children: http://bit.ly/3lbxXg0 ">https://bit.ly/3lbxXg0&q...

Making Child Tax Credit Fully Available Would Benefit 6 Million Women

The next COVID-19 relief legislation should make the Child Tax Credit fully available for tax year 2020 to families that now receive only a partial credit or none at all because their earnings are

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In this recent paper, we highlight that 45 percent of children from rural areas would benefit from a fully available Child Tax Credit of $2,000 per child, compared to a still sizable 38 percent in metro areas: http://bit.ly/2QkXcy9 ">https://bit.ly/2QkXcy9&q...

Expanding Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Would Benefit

Like the low-income portion of the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit is disproportionately important to people in rural areas.

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While as @jasondeparle notes “Mr. Biden’s view remains a mystery”, beyond passing the House, a Brown-Bennet-Durbin-Wyden bill in the Senate has a fully available CTC as its centerpiece & is cosponsored by all Senate Ds but one, including Senate Harris http://bit.ly/3gjF6Hr ">https://bit.ly/3gjF6Hr&q...

Working Families Tax Relief Act Would Raise Incomes of 46 Million

The proposal would improve the economic well-being of 46 million low- and moderate-income households with 114 million people.

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Moreover, there is momentum among conservative intellectuals too, as @Jasondeparle notes. Plus and importantly, building on efforts of Senators Rubio and Lee, late last year Senator Romney called for part of the CTC to be fully refundable: http://bit.ly/31noOsw ">https://bit.ly/31noOsw&q...

Romney, Bennet Offer Path to Bipartisan Compromise on Refundable Credits, Business Tax Fixes

With its focus on helping families raising young children, protecting medical innovation for patients, and bringing certainty to workers and businesses, our plan is a compromise that can help clear a...

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Consider a single Mom, with two young children, who works part-time as a cleaner at an assisted living home, earning $9,000 a year & how much a $3,025 increase in the CTC would mean for this family. This is what the Heroes Act would do. It belongs in the next bill.

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