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Grocery money for Orange County, CA parents in Rep. Katie Porter’s district. Critical relief for a remarkable 92 percent of families in Rep. Steven Horsford’s Southern Nevada district. And money that will allow a mother in Allegheny County, PA to place her daughter into safe and accessible childcare.
That’s what Congressional Democrats delivered on Thursday — without a single Republican vote — when tens of millions of American families received their first monthly Child Tax Credit payments.
Democrats have worked hard to ensure American families know about the extended benefits, with the DCCC launching a five-figure joint digital ad alongside the DSCC and DNC to help spread the word. Local outlets in every corner of the country — from Texas to Georgia to New Hampshire — wrote about the transformative expansion of the Child Tax Credit that will provide a tax cut to America’s middle class and lift millions of American children out of poverty.
Take a look at some of the coverage across the country:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: ‘Help is here.’ Democrats tout start of child tax credit payments in Georgia
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Democrats are launching a barrage of ads in Georgia and other battleground states to highlight the monthly payments for most American families with children that will land in bank accounts starting Thursday.
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The ads, financed by a slate of national Democratic groups, promote the expanded child tax credit that will deliver monthly payments of up to $300 for each dependent child. It’s part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus measure that Democrats passed in March over unified Republican opposition.
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“Thanks to Democrats, help is here,” proclaims the ad, which is designed to boost U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and U.S. Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux and Lucy McBath in competitive re-election campaigns next year.
Penn Capital-Star: As child tax credit checks hit mailboxes, ‘I’m looking forward to having the safety net,’ Pa. mom says | Thursday Morning Coffee
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Like a lot of working mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ashley Comans and her husband had to make some hard calls about work and childcare… So as new federal child tax credit payments of up to $300 a month begin landing in the mailboxes and checking counts of all but a sliver of Americans this Thursday morning, Comans said she’s looking forward to building a “safety net” that she and her husband can rely on as they look to put their toddler daughter into childcare.
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“Anything that can help us get our daughter into safe and accessible childcare is really important. And I know a lot of families aren’t able to do that,” Comans, of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, said during a virtual news conference organized by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
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“National Democrats backed up that message with cash on Wednesday, as they announced the launch of a digital advertising campaign in a trio of key Pennsylvania U.S. House seats where they’re touting the payments: The 7th District, now held by U.S. House Rep. Susan Wild; the 8th District, now held by U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, and suburban Pittsburgh’s 17th District, how held by U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb.”
WMUR: NH Primary Source: National Democratic groups launch digital ad in NH as child tax credit payments begin
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“The expanded program increases the credit from $2,000 to $3,600 for each child under the age of 6 and to $3,000 for children ages 6 to 17. The expansion is part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan.
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The full payments are available to single tax filers with incomes of up to $75,000 and joint filers with incomes up to $150,000. Payments are reduced for those with higher incomes and phase out for single taxpayers earning $95,000 and joint filers earning $170,000.
Florida Politics: National Democratic groups launch ad buy in Florida markets to promote child tax credits
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The ad will run in CD 7, represented by Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy. But the two other targets — CD 26 and 27 — are held by Republicans. U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez won the CD 26 seat last November as U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar won the CD 27 contest as well. Both Giménez and Salazar flipped seats previously held by Democrats.
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DCCC Spokesperson Abel Iraola released a separate statement targeting Giménez and Salazar specifically. “Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar made a deliberate choice to deny expanded child tax credits for over 258,000 children in South Florida and their parents,” Iraola said. “These credits will help lift thousands of children out of poverty in Florida and across the country. Gimenez and Salazar should be ashamed to have voted against this critical help for families.”
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Nevada families to get child care tax credits starting Thursday
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Rep. Steven Horsford, the Democrat whose 4th District includes a huge stretch of central Nevada, said Wednesday that he’s been focused on outreach in recent months to ensure families are educated about the plan, particularly in rural areas.
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Some 92 percent of families in North Las Vegas and other metropolitan areas of the 4th District qualify for the credit, while 95 percent of those living in rural areas are eligible, Horsford said.
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“We’ve been helping people to understand that this is a tax cut for families, just like the very wealthy and big corporations take their cuts using the tax code,” Horsford said. “And it’s because of the work of President Biden and those of us who voted for the American Rescue Plan.”
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Rep. Susie Lee, also a Democrat from the neighboring 3rd District, also has been focused on outreach, noting some 85 percent of families in her district qualify for the relief. In addition to social media and remote events, she will soon send out a mailer to all eligible families in her district to ensure as many as possible collect the benefit.
Houston Chronicle: Fletcher: Monthly tax payments will help parents cover growing childcare expenses
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U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Houston held a round table event with representatives from BakerRipley, the IRS and Lone Star Legal Aid on July 15 to help local families learn more about the legislation that was approved in March.
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According to Fletcher approximately 82.5 percent of the families living in TX-07 — a roughly L-shaped district spanning from Jersey Village to just northeast of Cinco Ranch to Bellaire and had a population of 762,826 in the last census — are eligible for the full tax credit.
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“I think the thing that was most beneficial is increasing the eligibility for the full extent of the tax credit to all families, the full extent of the tax credit, because the families that need it the most weren’t eligible for the full tax credit,” said Fletcher.
The Eloy Enterprise: O’Halleran talks about child credit in Eloy
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“Most of these families can’t afford child care, and that means that one of the spouses, or someone else in the family, has to stay home and not go out there and work, and we need workers in America,” O’Halleran said during the town hall. “This started out as a bipartisan idea in the 1990s. Now for some reason, it’s tied up in political problems, but we need to get over this. Our families have to be strong, we are going into a time where we as Americans have to overcome.”
KCRW: Child tax credit will lift half a million children out of poverty, says Rep. Katie Porter
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Rep. Katie Porter: “…we know that parents don’t just have expenses once a year. They have monthly expenses for children such as food, child care, and medical bills. The goal is to put the money in people’s hands when they need it.”
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“As a parent, I can tell you that is a significant amount of money. That is real grocery money each and every month of the year.”
WVIR: Virginia Rep. Spanberger hosts telephone town hall, discusses extended child tax credit
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The first child tax credit payments are hitting Virginians’ bank accounts, and on Thursday, Virginia’s 7th District Rep. Abigail Spanberger answered questions about the payments during a telephone town hall.
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“We’re getting back to some sense of normalcy,” Spanberger said. “And as we’re making progress, we are still facing challenges. And so this tax relief to American families across the country is such an important step of our recovery.”
Fox 4 Kansas City: Checks in the bank: Families start receiving monthly child tax credit payments
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Davids spent part of the day Monday at the Family Conservancy in Kansas City, Kansas. She met with families who will directly benefit from the payment. She said over 77% of children in Kansas’ 3rd District will be impacted by the expanded child tax credit.
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“Being able to put food on the table, find that next residence, those are the kind of stressors that are on families particularly coming out of the pandemic that has economic crisis,” Davids said.
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