Urge Your Senators to Pass Improvements to the Child Tax Credit

The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024) is scheduled to be voted on by the Senate this Thursday afternoon. This legislation includes important Child Tax Credit (CTC) improvements that would improve food security and lift families with children out of poverty. The House overwhelmingly passed the bill (357–70) back in January.

It is essential that the Senate seize this opportunity to pass legislation that would support children in families struggling to put food on the table. The bill includes improvements to the CTC that would benefit nearly 16 million out of the 19 million children currently left out of the full or any CTC and lift 400,000 children out of poverty within the first year alone.

Now that this overwhelmingly popular, bipartisan bill is scheduled for a vote in the Senate: Senators must vote “yea” on both the procedural vote (“cloture”) and final passage. Hungry children cannot wait.

Take Action Now

• Use the FRAC Action Networkto immediately send an email to your Senators urging them to vote “yea” on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024).
• Share this FRAC leave-behind with your Senators and others on why the CTC must be expanded to address poverty and hunger.