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House COVID Relief Bill Includes Critical Expansions of Child Tax Credit and EITC

March 2, 2021 | Chuck Marr, Kris Cox, Stephanie Hingtgen, Katie Windham and Arloc Sherman

These provisions would result in historic reductions of child poverty and provide timely income support for millions of people, including millions of essential workers.

Economy

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Needs of Younger Generations Argue for Further Fiscal Relief and Stimulus

January 22, 2021 | Chad Stone, Katie Windham and Chye-Ching Huang

Shortchanging the immediate substantial needs of the economy in the name of younger generations would be shortsighted and even self-defeating.

Federal Tax

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Expanding Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Would Benefit More Than 10 Million Rural Residents, Strongly Help Rural Areas

August 6, 2020 | Chuck Marr, Stephanie Hingtgen, Kris Cox, Arloc Sherman and Katie Windham

Like the low-income portion of the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit is disproportionately important to people in rural areas.

Federal Budget

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Putting the Size of the Needed COVID-19 Fiscal Response in Perspective

July 24, 2020 | Chye-Ching Huang, Chad Stone, Katie Windham and Jennifer Beltrán

The severe and unprecedented size of the health, human, and economic crisis caused by COVID-19 should determine the size of the legislative response.

Federal Tax

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Temporarily Expanding Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Would Deliver Effective Stimulus, Help Avert Poverty Spike

July 21, 2020 | Chuck Marr, Stephanie Hingtgen, Arloc Sherman, Katie Windham and Kris Cox

The next fiscal stimulus package should make the Child Tax Credit fully available to the 27 million children in low-income families who currently receive a partial tax credit or no credit at all because their families’ earnings are too low.