Charles Rangel: “The President said he wanted working families, not welfare families, to get a tax break for their kids. So no matter how…”

“The President said he wanted working families, not welfare families, to get a tax break for their kids. So no matter how we cut it with charts, the bottom line is going to be how many kids are going to be denied because certain people thought they did not make enough money. Almost half of the children in Connecticut, 44 percent, more than 430,000 children, will be denied because these working families are not entitled to the benefits under the Republican bill; and 56 percent in California, that is over 5 million children, will be denied. These are working families. Half of the children in Michigan, 1.3 million children of working families, will be denied under the Republican plan; and 50 percent in the State of Kentucky, children of working families, will be denied the benefit that the President thought he had a promise made on when he went into a dialog with the Republicans. For these reasons the President finds the unfairness, and for these reasons, he would veto.”