Joe Manchin keeps contradicting himself on the Biden child tax credit
Joe Manchin keeps contradicting himself on the Biden child tax credit
jzeballos@businessinsider.com (Joseph Zeballos-Roig
Sen. Joe Manchin is in the spotlight for holding up key parts of the Democratic agenda.
He's reiterating demands to impose a work requirement on the expanded child tax credit.
But experts say he's laying out a set of conflicting demands that are impossible to reconcile.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia once again finds himself in the middle of the spotlight.
Senate Democrats spent the week pitching the conservative Democrat behind closed doors to salvage twin pillars of their domestic agenda on the economy and voting rights. But Manchin forms an obstacle preventing them from passing those bills.
He torpedoed President Joe Biden's $2 trillion social safety and climate legislation last month, forcing Democrats to shelve it for now. Senate Democrats can't muscle it through without his vote in the face of unified Republican opposition in the 50-50 upper chamber.
One area that Manchin has targeted for potential cuts is the expanded child tax credit, which expired last year. Democrats want to extend it for another year as part of their Build Back Better legislation. If it's restored, most families would be eligible for up to $300 per kid each month, depending on their children's ages.
However, Manchin is once again reiterating that he wants to see a work requirement on the child tax credit, telling Insider on Tuesday he's been "very clear" about blocking payments to parents without significant income.
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jzeballos@businessinsider.com (Joseph Zeballos-Roig
Sen. Joe Manchin is in the spotlight for holding up key parts of the Democratic agenda.
He's reiterating demands to impose a work requirement on the expanded child tax credit.
But experts say he's laying out a set of conflicting demands that are impossible to reconcile.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia once again finds himself in the middle of the spotlight.
Senate Democrats spent the week pitching the conservative Democrat behind closed doors to salvage twin pillars of their domestic agenda on the economy and voting rights. But Manchin forms an obstacle preventing them from passing those bills.
He torpedoed President Joe Biden's $2 trillion social safety and climate legislation last month, forcing Democrats to shelve it for now. Senate Democrats can't muscle it through without his vote in the face of unified Republican opposition in the 50-50 upper chamber.
One area that Manchin has targeted for potential cuts is the expanded child tax credit, which expired last year. Democrats want to extend it for another year as part of their Build Back Better legislation. If it's restored, most families would be eligible for up to $300 per kid each month, depending on their children's ages.
However, Manchin is once again reiterating that he wants to see a work requirement on the child tax credit, telling Insider on Tuesday he's been "very clear" about blocking payments to parents without significant income.
READ MORE: Joe Manchin keeps contradicting himself on the Biden child tax credit https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/jo...
But experts say that the work requirement conflicts with Manchin's other stated priorities for the tax credit and the West Virginia Democrat often ends up contradicting himself. "Manchin has laid out a set of incompatible demands," Samuel Hammond, director of poverty studies at the center-right Niskanen Center, told Insider.
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