Millions of Children , Pushed Into Poverty After, End of US Child Tax Credit.<br />'The Guardian' reports that Joe Biden and Democratic <br />leaders in the Senate passed legislation to allow <br />the poorest American parents to receive a tax credit. .<br />'The Guardian' reports that Joe Biden and Democratic <br />leaders in the Senate passed legislation to allow <br />the poorest American parents to receive a tax credit. .<br />According to the Census Bureau, as a result <br />of the legislation, the child poverty rate dropped <br />by almost half to reach its lowest level ever. .<br />However, just months after the bill was enacted, <br />the expanded child tax credit expired following objections <br />by Republicans and Democratic lawmaker Joe Manchin. .<br />However, just months after the bill was enacted, <br />the expanded child tax credit expired following objections <br />by Republicans and Democratic lawmaker Joe Manchin. .<br />By the beginning of 2022, <br />millions of American children <br />had fallen back into poverty.<br />Once January 2022 hit and the monthly <br />deposit did not hit families’ bank accounts, <br />we saw an immediate sort of reversal, <br />and there were 3.7 million more <br />children in poverty in January 2022 <br />compared to December 2021, Megan A Curran, director of policy at the Center on Poverty <br />and Social Policy at Columbia University, via 'The Guardian'.<br />And so that’s a huge flip of what<br />the circumstances were for kids, Megan A Curran, director of policy at the Center on Poverty <br />and Social Policy at Columbia University, via 'The Guardian'.<br />Now, Democrats in the House <br />believe they may have found a way <br />to restore the child tax credit.<br />'The Guardian' reports that a group of lawmakers <br />have offered exchanging votes to extend corporate <br />tax breaks for restoring the expanded child tax credit.<br />'The Guardian' reports that a group of lawmakers <br />have offered exchanging votes to extend corporate <br />tax breaks for restoring the expanded child tax credit.<br />We should not provide any of these <br />extensions unless it’s coupled with <br />an extension and expansion <br />of the child tax credit. , Rosa DeLauro, Democratic congresswoman, via 'The Guardian'.<br />If businesses and corporations can <br />get the benefit of this, working families, <br />middle-class families, vulnerable families, <br />need to have a child tax credit, Rosa DeLauro, Democratic congresswoman, via 'The Guardian'
