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Janet Yellen: “There is an important increase in the child tax credit that is going to result in, along with other provisions, a…”

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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