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In reply to the discussion: Scoop: Manchin returns to Build Back Better negotiations with demands [View all]TexasBushwhacker
(21,196 posts)If a married couple's AGI is over $150K, then the additional $1600 per year for children under 5 and the additional $1K per year for children over 5 is what is holding things up. Before 2021, the CTC was $2K per child regardless of age for couples with AGIs up to $400K. That was to make up for the exemptions that Trump took away.
I do not believe Manchin wants to do away with the CTC entirely. He just wants to lower the income caps for the folks currently eligible for the extra $1K to $1600 per child. At this point, I say so it and put it up for a vote. Hell, Lisa Murkowski may even get behind it.
Does it even occur to Manchin that when he says he's afraid that people getting the tax credit are spending it on DRUGS, that he's talking about his CONSTITUENTS?