At the end of the year, the child tax credit legislation that provided monthly checks that were going out to millions of parents — which Democrats passed last year — lapsed. Party leaders had expected to pass a temporary or permanent expansion of the CTC in the Build Back Better legislation, but that bill was effectively killed last month when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who Democrats needed to pass the legislation, announced he was not going to vote for the nearly $2 trillion bill.

You can read today's podcast here.

You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here.

Our newsletter is written by Isaac Saul, edited by Bailey Saul, Sean Brady, Ari Weitzman, and produced in conjunction with Tangle’s social media manager Magdalena Bokowa, who also created our logo.

The podcast is edited by Trevor Eichhorn, and music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message

---

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.