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Janet Yellen: “The child credit, tax credit was expanded in the American Rescue Plan. And that was important because the pandemic…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2023
The child credit, tax credit was expanded in the American Rescue Plan. And that was important because the pandemic especially hit low-income families very hard.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the significance of the expanded child tax credit during the pandemic.

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