Promise Details
Biden pledged to make the expanded child tax credit permanent — increasing the amount and altering structure to better support families. He viewed it as reducing child poverty and inequality. The 2021 stimulus temporarily expanded credit; he advocated extension in later years. Congress did not pass permanent extension; credit reverted or scaled back after expiration.
Why it is broken
The expanded Child Tax Credit introduced under the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 raised the benefit and made it fully refundable. However, Congress did not pass a permanent extension of that expansion. The credit reverted (or scaled back) after expiration. Therefore while significant progress was made, the promise to make it permanent was not fulfilled.
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