
Manchin thinks the child tax credit is too generous -- but Republicans are responsible for that
CNN
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.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











