Biden trying to get 10 Republican votes for the Child Tax Credit extension - link

[Alhena]

Apparently, they've used up all their budget reconciliation opportunities for the year and any proposed legislation can be fillibustered. So they are trying to get Manchin (who earlier said Child Tax Credit recipients used the benefits to buy drugs) and 10 Republicans to go along with it. Seems like a pipe dream to me that 10 Republican Senators would go along with an extension of the Child Tax Credit, seeing as that's a major Dem. priority.

This shows how much we lost by losing the House- this would have been doable next year with a Dem. house, since Manchin's vote won't be needed.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/12/white-house-expanded-child-tax-credit-00073392

[Lovie777]

1. Good luck with that .....

[LakeArenal]

2. But we did lose the house and that's done.

Move forward as we are.

[33taw]

3. We need to make sure that the reason this is not being extended is publicized beyond Politico.

Republicans have a way of spinning this stuff to look bad on Democrats.

[samplegirl]

4. That's not gonna

happen.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. In Congress, or in the rest of the country? /nt

[David__77]

6. Soon the Republicans will support something like this

Pro-natalism is rising among them, and their “populism” will be “make the childless pay.”

[ananda]

7. I wish we could use it to plug her mouth.

Keep that dreck inside her.