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The SNAP Expansion Helped Me Lead a Dignified Life on Disability — Now It’s Gone
Pandemic social programs were a life saver. Now conservatives want to shred what little is left after they expired.
Biden’s 2024 Budget Calls for Revival of Expanded Child Tax Credit
The expanded child tax credit kept millions of adults and children out of poverty in 2021.
McConnell Celebrates Government Funding Package That Excludes Child Tax Credit
McConnell touted the fact that the omnibus contains more money for the military than non-military domestic priorities.
GOP Blocks Funding to Cut Child Poverty After Approving $858 Billion for Defense
The GOP is refusing to negotiate on reviving the expanded Child Tax Credit, which cut child poverty by over 40 percent.
With No Child Tax Credit, Families Are Slipping Back Into Poverty Amid Inflation
Child poverty rates have crept back up since the program expired, leaving families struggling with food insecurity.
Colorado Votes to Provide Universal Free School Meals by Taxing the Wealthy
The measure will reduce the state tax deduction that can be taken by people making $300,000 or more a year.
Poverty Is at Emergency Levels in the US. Why Isn’t It a Midterm Election Issue?
Issues like raising the minimum wage and expanding health care should be front and center.
Manchin Helped to Impoverish 4 Million Children When He Killed Child Tax Credit
Working people don't stand a chance in a nation that despises the poor and caters to those with power.
2021 Had Lowest-Ever Supplemental Poverty Rate, Thanks to Stimulus Provisions
The Census Bureau finds the child tax credit and stimulus payments were two of the top drivers of poverty reduction.
Sanders Slams Manchin for Swapping Paid Leave for Oil Handouts in Reconciliation
Concessions in the Inflation Reduction Act make it far weaker than last year’s Build Back Better Act, Sanders said.