Democratic congressmen and experts in family finances pressure the president to make the new plan for minors fixed
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Saturday, November 16
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Democratic congressmen pressure the president Joe Biden for make the Child Tax Credit permanent, considering that it would considerably reduce poverty in the country and serve the most vulnerable.
In its Plan for American Families , the president contemplates that extension to 2025, but the representative Richard Neal (Massachusetts), Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, joins those who consider that the extension of the program in a fixed way is a priority.
Along with Neal, other Democratic leaders voiced President Biden’s team that introduced $ 1.8 package trillions of dollars their interest in expanding the plan focused on children and making it permanent , reported The Washington Post
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Other Democrats who join are the representative Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut) , Suzan DelBene (Washington), as well as Senators Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Michael Bennet (Colorado).
“I am satisfied with @POTUS ‘proposal to extend it to 2025, but we can improve it by making it permanent ”, Bennet considered.
The Child Tax Credit expansion is the most progres sive tax change we’ve made in generations.
It will cut child poverty in half this year and benefit 90% of America’s kids.
I’m glad @POTUS proposed an extension through 2025, but we can do even better by making it permanent. pic.twitter.com/wDrYLncVF5
– Michael Bennet (@SenatorBennet) May 3, 2021
The White House advanced in a report that the tax credits – which would be distributed by the IRS – proposed by President Biden would have a positive impact mainly on communities of color , including Latinas.
Congressmen have been joined by organizations, such as TIME’S UP Now, that fight for labor equity.
“It is time for ongoing public investments in child care, home and community-based services, and paid family and medical leave to ensure that we can all care for our families and that they caregivers have access to security and fair wages ”, said Tina Tchen president and executive director of the organization .
Also the former president of the Democratic National Committee and current president of the Center for American Progress, John Podesta , supports a permanent plan.
“Give priority to the provision of care in our pandemic recovery efforts means getting women back to work, including the more than 1.5 million mothers who have left the workforce permanently. ”, he indicated.
The same was expressed by the feminist group UltraViolet .
“We know that we cannot rebuild better if a women are not paid a living wage, “he said in a statement distributed via Twitter, where he spoke of student debt and warned of the consequences of not making the program permanent. “If we are still burdened by overwhelming student debt and without a permanent investment in our children through expanded tax credits and additional support for child and family care.”
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