BGOV OnPoint: Child Tax Credit Deadline Spurs Campaign Pitches

A drop in the popular child tax credit at the end of next year has lawmakers and presidential candidates looking at wider negotiations over the tax code, even as the two parties remain divided on the details.

There’s broad bipartisan agreement both on the campaign trail and Capitol Hill that the credit — currently as much as $2,000 — shouldn’t revert to $1,000 when much of the 2017 tax law that doubled it expires, but lawmakers disagree on whether to extend the benefit at current levels or give it a significant boost.

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