Tag: permanent

Biden Says Next Month’s Child Tax Credit Payments ‘Just the First Step’ as He Seeks to Make Benefit Permanent

President Joe Biden said Monday that families will begin receiving part of the expanded child tax credit via advance payments starting July 15, while reiterating his intent to push for the benefit to become permanent, saying next month’s payments are “just the first step.” Biden made the remarks in a statement on the day the…


Booker Seeks to Make American Rescue Plan’s Expanded Child Tax Credit Permanent

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said he is engaged in high-level discussions about making permanent the temporary expansion to the Child Tax Credit brought about by the American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden has signed into law. Speaking at a press conference Friday, Booker hailed the $1.9 trillion relief bill—which Republicans panned as wasteful and…