Statement in Response to the U.S. Senate Vote on the Conrad-Gregg Amendment
Statement in Response to the U.S. Senate Vote on the Conrad-Gregg Amendment
Statement by David M. Walker:
“It is a great disappointment that the Senate did not act in the best interests of the American people and take this opportunity to create a statutory commission to address our growing fiscal challenge. Now that the Congress has failed to act, the President should move to establish a commission by Presidential Order and the Congress should take steps to ensure that the commission’s recommendations will be voted on.”
“A special commission is needed to cut through the partisan gridlock and ideological divide so that we can begin to put the federal government’s finances in order. The time to act is now.”
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Further Reading
Budget Basics: What Is the Child Tax Credit?
The CTC provides assistance to families with children, and while it represents a relatively modest part of overall government spending, it is one of the largest tax expenditures.
Budget Basics: Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
What Are the Economic Costs of Child Poverty?
Child poverty is higher in the United States than in other wealthy countries. Studies show that it has quantifiable economic costs.