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On the recordMarch 22, 2021
There is an important increase in the child tax credit that is going to result in, along with other provisions, a 50-percent reduction in the child poverty rate.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the impact of the American Rescue Plan on child poverty.

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