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Q Exactly. So are you guys going to take
MS. PSAKI: So you mean extending it or making it permeant?
Q Is that the position the definite position?
MS. PSAKI: The
Q Progressives and plenty of moderates also say that it should be extended permanently, is that the position?
MS. PSAKI: Sure. What I was trying to clarify I apologize is that it’s not currently permanent.
Q Right.
Q Whether that’ll be a red line, like you said, or
MS. PSAKI: Well
Q a definite part of proposal.
MS. PSAKI: And the President absolutely feels that that the Child Tax Credit provides essential funding and help to people who need help the most. That’s why, in the American Rescue Plan, he increased the Child Tax Credit from $2,000 to $3,000 per child, and to $3,600 for children under the age of 6. And the expansion was the single-largest policy contributor to cutting child poverty, as is evidenced by the chart we had up.
“Guilty on all three counts.”
A man read the verdict from a cell phone as a crowd of several dozen people gathered Tuesday at Freedom Corner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Jurors convicted former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd’s death last May led to protests in Pittsburgh and worldwide, along with increased scrutiny of police tactics and racism in the United States.
By 7 p.m., the crowd grew to about 100. Some marchers walked to Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood and were still there at 8:30 p.m.
Floyd died May 25 after Chauvin, a 45-year-old white officer, pinned his knee on or close to the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for about 9½ minutes as Floyd gasped that he couldn’t breathe and onlookers yelled at Chauvin to get off.
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Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Brighton Township. The Tribune-Review’s investigation into the Beaver County long-term care facility has been recognized with an award from the Keystone chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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