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Showing Original Post only (View all)WP: Senior Democrats to unveil new $3,000-per-child benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam [View all]
Senior Democrats on Monday will unveil legislation to provide $3,000 per child to tens of millions of American families, aiming to make a major dent in child poverty as part of President Bidens $1.9 trillion economic relief package.
The 22-page bill to dramatically expand direct cash benefits to American families was obtained by The Washington Post ahead of its release.
Under the proposal, the Internal Revenue Service would provide $3,600 over the course of the year per child under the age of 6, as well as $3,000 per child of ages 6 to 17. The size of the benefit would diminish for Americans earning more than $75,000 per year, as well as for couples jointly earning more than $150,000 per year. The payments would be sent monthly beginning in July, a delay intended to give the IRS time to prepare for the massive new initiative.
The bill, spearheaded by Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, emerges as congressional Democrats accelerate their plans to enact Bidens stimulus plan within weeks. It also comes days after Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) surprised policymakers with a proposal to send even more in direct cash per child to American families, lending bipartisan support to the major push for child benefits.
Bidens proposed child benefit has quickly emerged as a potentially defining feature of his administrations economic agenda one that could make a lasting imprint on American welfare policy. Its execution could also prove crucial to deciding Democrats ability to maintain control of Congress, given its likely direct impact on the lives of tens of millions of voters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/07/child-benefit-democrats-biden/
The 22-page bill to dramatically expand direct cash benefits to American families was obtained by The Washington Post ahead of its release.
Under the proposal, the Internal Revenue Service would provide $3,600 over the course of the year per child under the age of 6, as well as $3,000 per child of ages 6 to 17. The size of the benefit would diminish for Americans earning more than $75,000 per year, as well as for couples jointly earning more than $150,000 per year. The payments would be sent monthly beginning in July, a delay intended to give the IRS time to prepare for the massive new initiative.
The bill, spearheaded by Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, emerges as congressional Democrats accelerate their plans to enact Bidens stimulus plan within weeks. It also comes days after Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) surprised policymakers with a proposal to send even more in direct cash per child to American families, lending bipartisan support to the major push for child benefits.
Bidens proposed child benefit has quickly emerged as a potentially defining feature of his administrations economic agenda one that could make a lasting imprint on American welfare policy. Its execution could also prove crucial to deciding Democrats ability to maintain control of Congress, given its likely direct impact on the lives of tens of millions of voters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/07/child-benefit-democrats-biden/
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WP: Senior Democrats to unveil new $3,000-per-child benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam [View all]
StarfishSaver
Feb 2021
OP
without 'redneck' parts of this country, we would not have a majority in the Senate.
Demsrule86
Feb 2021
#10
I think I might agree with Manchin that the test is area and back test for taxes
uponit7771
Feb 2021
#9
Add to that, many cannot ever get to the point of having a mortgage because rent drains everything
Hekate
Feb 2021
#32
We do not have absolute power. We get what we can and get out...try to expand our majority moving
Demsrule86
Feb 2021
#12
I can understand a one time, or even monthly allotment over the period of
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2021
#8