Democrats Call for Tax Credit for Poor Families
The U.S. House of Representatives should pass and President Bush should sign legislation restoring a $400 tax credit to poor families that was excluded from tax cuts enacted last month, U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro of Connecticut said in the Democratic weekly radio address.
The Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday to extend $9.7 billion to many poor parents and married couples that don’t pay income taxes.
“We must restore the child tax credit to the families of those 12 million children left behind by the Republican Congress,” DeLauro said.
“I want to invite the president to get involved and call upon his leaders in the House of Representatives to restore what was stolen in the night.”
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