Census data showed a dramatic increase in child poverty from 2021 to 2022, due in part to the expiration of the expanded credit.

Nearly two years after the credit expired, Democrats are pushing forward with legislation to dramatically reduce child poverty, despite GOP opposition.

Despite murmurings of a possible deal, they are still unified in their opposition to Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker.

As a policy, the 2021 expansion was historically successful, cutting child poverty nearly in half. But it died by politics this year. Can it be revived in 2023?

Some Democrats hope to get a revived version of the popular policy into a government funding package. Here’s what needs to happen in the coming days for this plan to succeed.

The government may be able to provide a quick fix to the deepening emergency. Solving the problem’s root cause will be substantially more difficult.

“If we’ve already been lifting people out of poverty, why for heaven’s sakes would we want to throw them back in poverty?”

The idea could be met with pushback from Democrats hoping to extend the credit permanently or through 2025.

Expanded child tax credit checks start going out to families this week. Finally, we have a government that is redistributing wealth in the right direction.