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Win McNamee/Getty Images One Democrat said he wanted fewer households with six-figure incomes getting the stimulus benefit. The one-year cash payments for families are set to start next month, but it's unclear whether they'll be permanent. A strong majority of Democrats in the House and Senate back making permanent a one-year cash benefit from President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus: up to $300 monthly checks to the vast majority of American families. The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package passed in March increased the child tax credit's amount to $3,6...

Doug Mills/Getty Images Biden called for an ambitious pandemic economic recovery plan focused on jobs, infrastructure, and childcare. He also called for changes to immigration and foreign policy and asked the Senate to pass civil rights legislation. President Joe Biden delivered his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, on the eve of his 100th day in office. In his address before a pared-down audience due to the pandemic, Biden called for an ambitious economic recovery plan focused on jobs, infrastructure, childcare, and education. The p...

In their new $1.9 trillion stimulus law, Democrats temporarily converted the current child tax credit into a larger “child allowance” payable to parents regardless of whether they work or pay taxes. This has triggered debate about whether the law revives welfare as we knew it before those benefits were conditioned a generation ago on parents’ participation in work or training. But the fine print of the law reveals that these new benefits would certainly flow where welfare checks never went before — to potentially millions of parents who don’t live with their children,...

53:02 On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing how the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill will benefit families and children. The bill includes a historic measure of expanding the Child Tax Credit and making it a monthly payment. Low-income families would be the biggest beneficiaries. Today, four in 10 children in the US live in households that struggle to afford basic expenses. Advocates say it’s the most far-reaching anti-poverty legislation in more than 50 years. What questions do you have about the child allowance and what will it take to make it permanent? Guests: Arthur Delaney...

Join us for an evening of thoughtful, lively discussion about women in the workforce and family leave policy, with host Delaney Thull. This opportunity is available to both UNC students and the PPE community. Registration is required, and seats are limited. Request your seat on the event page.