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Members push expanded child tax credit, paid-leave incentives and adoption support
Summary
Several representatives urged Congress to expand and make permanent portions of the child tax credit, strengthen paid family leave incentives and enhance or make refundable adoption credits to ease costs for working families.
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle framed child- and family-focused tax measures as central to economic security for working households. Representative Katherine of Massachusetts and others highlighted the effects of the expanded child tax credit used in recent years, calling it a proven anti-poverty tool that improved child outcomes when more families received monthly payments.
Representative Ryan McKenzie and others proposed targeted tax…
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