Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) among the GOP lawmakers who have pushed for dramatically increasing the child tax credit. All but one Senate Democrat endorsed legislation to expand the child tax credit in the previous Congress. is closely involved in the effort to write the expansion of the child tax credit, which also draws significantly from legislation spearheaded by Sens. The fate of the expanded child tax credit will be wrapped up in broader negotiations in Congress over the relief package. Some Republican lawmakers have argued that proposed expansions of the child tax credit give too much federal assistance to people who are not working.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2021 17:15 UTC