An illustration of COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For the first time in six months, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit.
The program was intended to be part of President Joe Biden’s legacy but has instead become a flash point over who is worthy of government support.
The monthly tax credits started arriving thanks to Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, and the president had proposed extending them for another full year as part of a separate measure focused on economic and social programs.
But that bill is stalled in the Senate.
More than 36 million families received the payments in December.
| By JOHN RABY, FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK, The Associated Press |
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