New Republic - President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is at risk, and the extension of an enhanced tax credit assisting parents is caught in the middle—with Joe Manchin. In recent weeks, this has been a common, but not always fun, place to be. Read the full article. The West Virginia senator has long been skeptical of…
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Washington Post - It is hard to believe the White House and progressives offered to cut their key legislative package in half (from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion) to accommodate Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) without first reaching an agreement that what’s left of the package would pass. But that appears to have been the case. Now,…
Daily News - Sen. Lindsey Graham said he now thinks that President Biden's Build Back Better bill is 'dead forever' after Democrats announced that they are tabling the legislation until after Christmas. Read the full article. The South Carolina Republican said that the Congressional Budget Office score, which found the $1.75 trillion bill would add $3 trillion to the…
Daily Mail - Progressives are grumbling that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has likely stalled passage of President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill until next year. Read the full article. 'God bless Sen. Manchin, but he does love to keep everyone guessing until the very end,' Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said Wednesday. Rep. Cori Bush,…
Public News Service - As the deadline to pass the Build Back Better Act looms, West Virginia organizers are collecting stories from families in the Mountain State about why extending the Child Tax Credit through the legislation is critical. Read the full article. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is one of the major critics of the bill due to concerns…
Texas News Today - President Joe Biden encouraged the Senate to perform a sudden switch to voting rights legislation after his hopes of passing his signature Build Back Better plan by Christmas faded. Read the full article. Biden spoke out after Democrat rebel Senator Manchin appeared to kill chances of the $1.75 trillion bill passing in the…
Daily Mail - Rebel Democratic Senator Joe Manchin snapped on Wednesday after reports his opposition to the Child Tax Credit killed Joe Biden's hopes for the Senate to pass the president's signature Build Back Better bill by Christmas. Read the full article. 'This is b******t. You're b******t,' the West Virginia senator yelled at Arthur Delaney, a…
CNN Business - The monthly child tax credit from the federal government has buoyed low-income families. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich speaks with two families in West Virginia at risk of food insecurity if the Build Back Better bill isn't passed. Watch the full segment.
Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Congress temporarily increased the Child Tax Credit (CTC) for more than 65 million children nationally, including 346,000 in West Virginia where it reaches 93 percent of children. Since July, most households with children have received $250- $300 per child monthly via the increased CTC, but the final payment…
CNN, Kake - Almost all of the states that produce the most unfavorable economic and health care outcomes for children are among those poised to ban or severely restrict access to abortion if the Supreme Court overturns the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision. Read the full article. That pattern underscores the paradox that the states most…