Last week, President Biden signed into law historic anti-poverty measures as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
Now, Senate Democrats are pushing to make the temporary provisions from the American Rescue Plan into permanent fixtures.
One of the law’s provisions could cut child poverty in half.
The law gives most families a $3,600 tax credit for each child under age 6 and $3,000 for children aged 6 to 17.
Yet even before the stimulus package was signed into law, some Democrats voiced support of extending the benefit indefinitely.
Speaking on MSNBC on Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed, “I’ll do everything I can to make it permanent.”
“We are still the only industrialized country in the world without access to paid leave and most workers do not have access. »