![]() ![]() What’s more, the expiration of the Trump tax bill in 2025 will force a reconsideration of the US tax code, giving Democrats an opportunity to push for the inclusion of a child poverty-slashing provision in whatever deal comes out of that deadline.Ģ021 or 2025 isn’t soon enough for the nation’s poor kids in a better world, Trump and the Senate Republican leadership would adopt the proposal as their own, the way some center-right intellectuals have.īut while it could take a number of years, the odds of a generational reduction in child poverty in America just went way, way up. Given that the bill could easily be passed through budget reconciliation - which requires only a bare majority in the Senate - it has a strong shot at being enacted the next time Democrats have a governing trifecta in the House, Senate, and presidency, whether that’s in 2021, 2025, or later. Thirty-five Democratic senators (out of 47 Democrats total) and 168 Democratic House Reps (out of 235) are sponsors or co-sponsors. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) wings of the party. Amy Klobuchar and Chris Coons) and left (Sen. 2 Democrats in the House and Senate (Steny Hoyer and Dick Durbin, respectively) just about every possible Democratic 2020 contender currently in Congress from Tim Ryan in the House to Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren in the Senate and leaders of both the moderate (Sens. Most important, in its latest incarnation, the bill has the support of the majority of the Democratic House and Senate caucuses, including the No. Passing it would enact a child allowance in the United States, bringing us in line with our peers in Canada, the United Kingdom, and most of the rich world in guaranteeing a basic payment for the care of children. But if enacted, the bill would slash child poverty in the United States by over a third in a single stroke. It comes from the Democratic Senate minority and might not get any Republican support. ![]() Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA), almost certainly won’t pass this session. The bill, whose House counterpart is sponsored by Reps. The act is, in my view, likely to be the single most important bill of the 116th Congress for the country’s poorest residents. Michael Bennet (D-CO) is officially running for president - and a major focus of his run is likely to be his American Family Act, the latest version of which he introduced last month with Sen. ![]()
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