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January 24, 2024

Congress Is Poised to Take a Step to Help Families

Preserving the child tax credit.

While there have been no shortage of policy proposals in recent years that are supposed to make life easier for families, and even encourage family formation and child bearing, there is little consensus about what exactly will accomplish these aims. But a compromise recently reached by a House Republican and a Senate Democrat could make a real difference. The editors of the Washington Examiner write:

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