The #poverty rate for #children during the final month of expanded #ChildTaxCredit payments under #Biden’s #AmericanRescuePlan Act was 12.1%, the center reported. The month after it expired, the child poverty rate jumped to 17%. It stood at 17.8% in November, the last month for which data is available.
…Disputes among #HouseRepublicans on Tues threatened to derail the legislation.