Manchin thinks the child tax credit is too generous -- but Republicans are responsible for that
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One of Sen. Joe Manchin's beefs with the Democrats' expanded child tax credit is that higher-income families qualify. But it was Republican lawmakers who drastically broadened the credit's eligibility as part of their 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
One of his beefs is that higher-income families qualify for the credit -- the final monthly payment of which was distributed in December.
"Do you believe people making $200,000 and $400,000 would still get the child tax credit the same as someone making $50,000, $60,000 or $70,000 that really needs it?" Manchin told West Virginia radio call-in show host Hoppy Kercheval in December, the day after announcing he could not support the current Build Back Better package.
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