{"id":2322706,"date":"2024-08-11T12:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-advocates-for-expanding-child-tax-credit-it-should-be-bigger-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-11T12:35:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T16:35:03","slug":"vance-advocates-for-expanding-child-tax-credit-it-should-be-bigger-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-advocates-for-expanding-child-tax-credit-it-should-be-bigger-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance advocates for expanding child tax credit \u2018it should be bigger\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-advocates-for-expanding-child-tax-credit-it-should-be-bigger-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322706&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) \u200chas expressed his support for an expansion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">child tax credit<\/a>, advocating for a \u2063larger amount than what was implemented during President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration. In a recent appearance on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Vance emphasized that the child tax credit\u2064 should be increased and suggested a potential boost to $5,000 per child. He believes that \u200dthe credit should be inclusive, applying\u200d to all American families without significant income cutoffs. <\/p>\n<p>Vance criticized Senate Majority \u2064Leader Chuck Schumer for failing to advance the child tax credit\u200c expansion \u200din the Senate and mentioned\u2062 his\u2063 absence\u200c from a recent vote on\u2064 the matter, as he \u200dwas visiting the southern border. Most Senate Republicans reportedly did\u200d not support the\u2064 proposed \u2064legislation. Looking ahead \u2062to a possible \u2062second\u200b Trump administration,\u2064 Vance reiterated his intention \u200cto raise \u2063the\u200c child tax credit and eliminate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-delivers-remarks-about-cracking-down-on-junk-insurance-plans\/\" title=\"Biden addresses crackdown on &#039;junk&#039; insurance plans.\">surprise medical bills<\/a> for \u200dparents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance advocates for expanding child tax credit &lsquo;it should be bigger&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1722153\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/j.d.-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) said he believes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/child-tax-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>child tax credit<\/a> should be expanded to more of what it has been under President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>When asked on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em> if he agreed with Biden&rsquo;s child tax credit, Vance said it &ldquo;should be bigger.&rdquo; The child tax credit is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-wants-15-federal-minimum-wage-reports-small-businesses-would-be-hardest-hit\/\" title=\"Amazon Wants  Federal Minimum Wage; Reports: Small Businesses Would Be Hardest Hit\">tax break<\/a> for parents with dependent children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should expand the child tax credit,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;We think it should be bigger. I think President Trump and I agree in an expanded child tax credit, but we also, importantly, want to get this thing done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance<\/a> says he thinks the child tax credit &#8220;should be bigger&#8221; than it was under the Biden administration, suggesting a credit of $5,000 per child.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you want it to apply to all American families. I don&#8217;t think that you want this massive cut off for lower income&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X4XcoBRm6x\">pic.twitter.com\/X4XcoBRm6x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1822647140314734605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Vance also said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been unable to expand the child tax credit in the Senate. Earlier this month, Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1182\/vote_118_2_00230.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>was absent <\/a>from a Senate vote on expanding and preserving the child tax credit as he was in Arizona to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/senate-child-tax-credit-jd-vance-bdd8ebbfd090f2b4195f9f8194b5b5a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"visit the southern border.\">visit the southern border.<\/a> The majority of Senate Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3107504\/senate-republicans-tank-bipartisan-child-tax-credit-and-business-break-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"visit the southern border.\">did not vote in favor<\/a> of the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what a second Trump administration would do to expand the child tax credit, Vance said he would increase the dollar value to $5,000 per child and end surprise medical bills for parents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the things you can do is make it bigger per child; I think we&rsquo;d love to see it at a higher dollar value &hellip; I mean, look, I&rsquo;d love to see a child tax credit that&rsquo;s $5,000 per child, you of course, have to work with Congress to see how possible and viable that is,&rdquo; Vance said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve also proposed legislation, Margaret, to end this practice of parents getting these surprise medical bills when they go to the hospital, they have a baby, they chose an out-of-network provider, and they come home with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-sweeping-bidenomics-plan-to-reduce-healthcare-costs\/\" title=\"Biden unveils bold &#039;Bidenomics&#039; strategy to cut healthcare expenses.\">unexpected bills<\/a>,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>He said his suggested $5,000 increase would be a &ldquo;broad base,&rdquo; and would apply to all families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you want it to apply to all American families. I don&rsquo;t think that you want this massive cut-off for lower-income families, which you have right now. You don&rsquo;t want a different policy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbo-estimates-biden-plan-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-could-kill-almost-4-million-jobs\/\" title=\"CBO Estimates Biden Plan To Raise Minimum Wage To  Could Kill Almost 4 Million Jobs\">higher-income families<\/a>. You just want to have a pro-family Child Tax Credit,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance also advocated for grandparents, who may be a child&rsquo;s primary caretaker, to be allowed to utilize the child tax credit. When asked if gay families would be covered by Trump-Vance child-care policies, Vance said &ldquo;All families would be included, of course.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1722153\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1722153\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) is calling for an increase in the child tax credit, suggesting it should be larger than what was implemented during President Joe Biden&#8217;s tenure. In an interview on CBS News&#8217;s Face the Nation, Vance expressed his belief that &#8220;it should be bigger.&#8221; The child tax credit provides financial relief to parents with dependent children. He stated, &#8220;We should expand the child tax credit&#8230; I think President Trump and I agree on this expansion, but we also want to ensure it gets done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vance proposed a potential increase to $5,000 per child and emphasized that the benefit should be available to all American families without significant income cut-offs. He criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for not being able to advance this initiative in the Senate and noted his absence from a recent vote on expanding the credit due to a trip to Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>When discussing future plans under a second Trump administration, Vance reiterated his desire for a higher dollar amount per child and mentioned efforts to eliminate unexpected medical bills for parents after childbirth. He stressed that any changes should apply broadly across all families and included provisions for grandparents who serve as primary caregivers. When asked about inclusivity regarding same-sex families in these policies, he affirmed that &#8220;all families would be included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2322707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jd-vance-georgia-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36574,34402,32412,15469,32076],"class_list":["post-2322706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-child-tax-credit","tag-economic-policy","tag-government-spending","tag-vance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jd-vance-georgia-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}