ChildPoverty

Biden should keep fighting for his 'signature domestic policy achievement,' Democratic senators urge

Weeks after a massively successful policy to fight child poverty lapsed, a group of Democratic senators is making another push to restore it. The policy is the expanded child tax credit, and Sens. …

Fri Jan 28, 2022

36 million families won't get a child tax credit check this week, thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin

On Jan. 15, around 36 million households with children won’t get a payment that many had come to rely on over the previous six months. Thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin and every single Senate Republican, …

Wed Jan 12, 2022

Fallout from Manchin's Fox News announcement spreads, but get a load of his private reasoning

It’s bad enough that Sen. Joe Manchin went on Fox News on Sunday and announced he was committed to tanking President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. But a report from HuffPost on part of his …

Mon Dec 20, 2021

'I'm afraid,' mother says as expanded child tax credit looks likely to lapse

Since July, the lives of tens of millions of children across the U.S. have gotten better thanks to one simple government program: the expanded child tax credit. The last monthly payment included in …

Fri Dec 17, 2021

Lord Manchin's ego will likely stay on display into 2022, as he keeps holding up Build Back Better

Sen. Joe Manchin is giving himself his absolute favorite Christmas present this year: the continuing attention of the media, the president, and congressional leaders as he delays Build Back Better …

Thu Dec 16, 2021

The nation can’t afford two presidents. Biden has to deal with Manchin

The de facto president of the United States, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, had a busy weekend making decrees about the limits he is placing on the actual president, Joe Biden, in passing his big …

Mon Oct 18, 2021

Administration announces monthly checks to parents will start on July 15. Thanks, Democrats!

The Census Bureau estimates that there are 63.1 million families in America with children under the age of 18 who are living at home. As of July 15, more than half of those families are going to …

Tue May 18, 2021