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December 16, 2021 by WVCBP
WV Organizers to Manchin: Child Tax Credit Must Stay in BBB

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…

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December 15, 2021 by WVCBP
Biden Gets Behind New Push to Turn to Voting Rights Legislation

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…

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December 15, 2021 by WVCBP
‘This is b******t’: Manchin Snaps After Dems Blame Him for Killing Biden’s Hopes of Passing Build Back Better this Year: Rebel Dem Says He is Victim of ‘Bad Rumor’ as Schumer Punts President’s Flagship $1.75T to Next Year

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…

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December 14, 2021 by Sean O'Leary
Life Can Be Tough for Kids in Many Anti-abortion States

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…

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December 7, 2021 by WVCBP
Statehouse Beat: Justice Self-Deludes on Virus Claims

Charleston Gazette-Mail - I've covered the state budget process long enough to know that budget surpluses are better than budget deficits, so November tax collections of $435.6 million, $88.03 million above projections, is good news. Read the full article.

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December 2, 2021 by Sean O'Leary
Severance Taxes, Stimulus Funds, Timing Boost November State Revenue Collections

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Bolstered by another month of strong severance tax collection, the ongoing influx of billions of dollars of federal pandemic stimulus funds and plain old good timing, West Virginia tax collection for November came in at $435.6 million, or $88.03 million higher than projected, figures released by the Senate Finance Committee…

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November 30, 2021 by WVCBP
Sen. Joe Manchin Isn’t Committing to Extending the Biden Child Tax Credit that 346,000 West Virginia Children are Getting

Business Insider - On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia didn't commit to approving the one-year child tax credit expansion as it's laid out in the $2 trillion House-approved social spending package. It raises the prospect of further changes to the proposed cash benefit. "Everybody's still talking," Manchin told Insider. "Everybody's still talking and…

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