Sen. Cory Booker
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Booker said at a press conference Friday that he was in contact with White House officials and business leaders about the attempt. The stimulus package, signed by Biden on Thursday, temporarily raises the child tax rate to $ 3,600 per child for children under six and $ 3,000 for minors between the ages of 6 and 17 and makes it available monthly.
“I tried to help coordinate a complete court press in America to make the child tax credit and the earnings income tax changes permanent in the United States, so that we can join our industrial counterparts and invest in America’s children,” he said. . said.
Booker has long been a proponent of promoting tax credit to reduce child poverty.
During his presidential campaign in 2020, Booker unveiled a plan that he said would reduce child poverty from nearly 15 percent to 5 percent. The plan requires a ‘child allowance’ for families with children, the extension of the current child tax credit and the approval of a monthly payment program to give families a monthly allowance of $ 300 for younger children and a monthly allowance of $ 250 for older children up to 18 years.
However, it is unclear what support there would be in both chambers of Congress for such a plan, as the stimulus package containing the temporary tax credit increase passed both chambers alongside the parties.