A bigger child tax credit isn’t coming. The Senate just voted against it.
The bill, which passed the House earlier this year, would have aided 16 million children. But Senate Republicans said it could disincentivize work and hand the election to Democrats.
https://19thnews.org/2024/08/child-tax-credit-2024-senate-votes-against-bill/
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