WASHINGTON — Five Democratic senators urged President Biden on Wednesday to continue to fight hard to extend the child tax credit, which he suggested last week might have to be dropped from a revamped version of his sweeping climate and domestic spending package.
The credit, which delivered monthly payments of $250 or $300 per child to more than 35 million families last year, was included in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law in March. The payments ended in December, and a one-year extension that had been included in Biden's domestic spending bill is in jeopardy as lawmakers look to revamp the package in order to secure the 50 Senate votes needed to pass it.
In a letter to Biden, Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Ron Wyden of Oregon called the child tax credit "a signature policy achievement of this administration" and "the biggest tax cut for low- and middle-income families in modern American history."
