Child tax credit close to lapsing as December checks go out
“People are often skeptical — the government doesn’t do things right,” he said. ‘This is an example of something that they really got right.’
With the last checks now slated for Wednesday, Democrats are rushing to ensure that Jan. 15 checks will still land in families’ bank accounts. The Treasury Department has warned lawmakers that Dec. 28 is the deadline to pass the bill and ensure no disruption, though lawmakers have suggested payments could be made retroactively if Biden’s package stalls.
Emma Mehrabi, director of poverty policy at the Children’s Defense Fund, called the potential interruption of payments ‘a real slap in the face for families in need.’
She said, ‘There is no other tool in our toolkit that has significantly reduced child poverty for decades.'”