Jay Rockefeller: “the next few days could make the difference between every working family getting the benefit of the child care tax…”

“the next few days could make the difference between every working family getting the benefit of the child care tax credit in the budget--or the benefit of the child credit only going to families earning more than $30,000. The next few days could make the difference between whether or not more than 25,000 West Virginia families get the benefit of child tax credit or not. Nationwide we're talking about almost 5 million families who could get left out if we don't make the child credit fairer to all families. Democrats want all hard working families to get the benefit of the child credit--under the tax bills that passed the House and Senate they won't. As congress and the President try to wrap up the bipartisan budget deal and its family tax cuts, we need to improve the child tax credit so it helps American families that need it most. The average family in West Virginia has an income of $27,500. What that means is that about 25,000 West Virginia families won't benefit from the Republican child credit plans under consideration unless we change the tax bills so that all working families share in the benefits of the child tax credit just like middle income families do. The President has a child tax credit proposal that benefits all working families. We should adopt it as part of our tax cut package or too many West Virginians and lower-middle income families across the country will be left out.”