Thread on GOP senators' efforts to kill tax deal that would lift 400k poor kids out of poverty 🧵 wapo.st/49EraDf

My column (wapo.st/49EraDf) on the obstruction of this bipartisan tax deal emphasized the costs to kids. But the costs to businesses are nothing to sneeze at:

The irony here is that if the bill had sailed through the Senate like it sailed through the House, it would've been a tree falling in the woods and had ZERO impact on the election.

But now Senate GOP has handed Biden a campaign issue by choosing fraudsters over working families.

GOP senators talk a good game about supporting families. So why are they blocking an important measure that passed the House in a bipartisan way to reduce child poverty -- all paid for, no less? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/… by Catherine Rampell

What do *any* of these objections have to do with helping poor kids (or businesses), the main purposes of the bill?
You got me
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“The message from GOP senators: Suffer, little children.”
Thank you Catherine Rampell for this warning: The child tax credit bill passed by the House could die because of Republican opposition in the Senate. Why kill a bill that’s pro-family, pro-life & paid for? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

The modern GOP is supposed to be pro-family, pro-tax-cuts and anti-“waste, fraud and abuse.” So why are Republican senators trying to tank a bill that is all three. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

So excited to announce that @natasharsarin and Danny Yagan and I are launching @the_budget_lab at Yale Law School. Budget scoring is an incredibly important part of the policy process and our hope is to bring a new perspective, with a focus on innovation and transparency. 1/