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U.S. Senator from Florida

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Edited April 27 by Pilate

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SEN. SMITH VOTES TO EXPAND CHILD TAX CREDIT, DELIVER MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES IN NEED

Press Release #001 | Q2 2017

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Erica Jean Smith (D-Florida) has voted to expand the Child Tax Credit and deliver automatic monthly payments to families in Florida who need breathing room in their household budgets. The Child Tax Credit would be expanded to $2,000 per eligible child as part of the Bipartisan Child Care Development and Protection Act, which Senator Smith also supports. However, Senator Smith opposes a similar amendment that would extend tax credits to women for their unborn children, including providing payments for miscarriages.

 

Comments from Senator Smith: "Expansion of this poverty-fighting tax incentive is a great way to reduce burdens on families, including single parent households, and provide better opportunities and resources to children. I commend the authors of this larger piece of legislation, which works to reduce child care costs; increase developmental achievement; and protect minors from harm. I look forward to helping this bill get to the president's desk. In the meantime, I am opposed to the amendment that has been offered that would essentially force women to report their miscarriages or still-born deaths to the IRS for a tax break. It may be well-intentioned in theory but ultimately is unnecessarily invasive and intrusive, in practice, into an incredibly personal aspect of women's lives."

 

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