According to a new book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was privately terrified that the child tax credit Democrats included in last year’s American Rescue Plan would catch on and become impossible for Republicans to reverse—much like the Affordable Care Act. No need for alarm, however. Sen. Joe Manchin killed an extension of the tax credit when he killed the Build Back Better plan.
According to a new book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was privately terrified that the child tax credit Democrats included in last year’s American Rescue Plan would catch on and become impossible for Republicans to reverse—much like the Affordable Care Act. No need for alarm, however. Sen. Joe Manchin killed an extension of the tax credit when he killed the Build Back Better plan.