no trickle-down effect here. just the increase to the child tax credit alone will lift millions of children out of poverty and cut the child poverty rate nearly in half. because of this bill, some experts expect the economy to grow by more than 6% this year and add 7 million jobs, a level of growth, quite frankly, we ve not seen since the 1980s and it will boost the income of the poorest americans by an average 206%. given all that, it s important to remember that zero republicans reported this legislation. that s not stopping them from attempted to take credit. senate republicans led the bipartisan cares alkt that got us through the last year. the american people have built a parade marching toward victory. democrats want to sprint in front of the parade and claim credit. it s remarkable legislation. unfortunately republicans, as i say, you know, vote no and take the dough. you see already some of them claiming this is a good thing, this is a good thing, but they couldn
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