He will support middle-class tax cuts and an expansion of the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.

Richie is leading the charge supporting middle-class tax cuts and an expansion of the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Campaign commitment to back middle-class tax cuts and expand the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.

Jobs & Economy — Richard Neal for Congress
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain improvements in the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, and for other purposes.

The bill sought to extend improvements to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, matching Neal's existing commitment to support those tax credit expansions.

H.R.6181 - 112th Congress (2011-2012): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain improvements in the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The plan guarantees paid leaves to full-time and part-time workers and permanently expands the child tax credit, which offers families up to $3,600 annually per child in monthly payments.

Neal's economic plan would permanently expand the Child Tax Credit for families.

Key House Democrat unveils economic plan to support families | Congressman Richard Neal
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The bill makes permanent the Covid relief bill’s expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers without children, nearly tripling the maximum credit and extending eligibility to more people for one year.

Neal's bill would make permanent the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit for workers without children.

Key House Democrat unveils economic plan to support families | Congressman Richard Neal
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I urge my House Republican friends to break with the Senate and extend the enhancements to the child tax credit and earned income tax credit from my bill when they bring the legislation to the House floor.

Neal urged passage of his bill's extensions of the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit enhancements, in the context of a Democratic alternative that would also extend tax cuts for households below $250,000.

Ways and Means Democrats Call for Extension of EITC, CTC and AOTC | Congressman Richard Neal
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Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Tax Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today introduced a series of tax bills that would cut taxes for America’s middle class and working families. The bills would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC), and Child Tax Credit (CTC) for hardworking Americans.

Neal's office says he introduced tax bills to cut taxes for middle-class and working families by expanding the EITC and CTC, matching his existing middle-class tax credit expansion commitment.

House Democrats Introduce Tax Package to Support Middle Class Americans & Working Families | Congressman Richard Neal
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I am extremely proud to advance the Economic Mobility Act of 2019 today. This legislation expands the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless workers; expands refundability of the child tax credit so that more low-income families can benefit and extends the program to cover qualifying families in Puerto Rico.

Neal committed to advancing legislation expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit benefits for lower-income workers and families, including families in Puerto Rico.

Neal Opening Statement at Markup of Tax Legislation | Congressman Richard Neal
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats introduced legislation to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and the American Opportunity Tax Credit. Neal said he urged House Republicans to extend the enhancements to the child tax credit and earned income tax credit from his bill.

Official campaign-era and congressional material showing Neal actively supported extending and expanding the EITC and CTC as part of middle-income tax relief.

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Ways and Means Democrats Call for Extension of EITC, CTC and AOTC | Congressman Richard Neal
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Neal said Democrats were introducing tax bills that would cut taxes for America’s middle class and working families. He stated, 'My bill expands the EITC to apply to childless workers' and said expanding and improving the EITC, AOTC, and CTC would help reduce poverty.

Neal publicly backed middle-class tax cuts and specific EITC and CTC expansions, and he introduced a bill to do so.

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House Democrats Introduce Tax Package to Support Middle Class Americans & Working Families | Congressman Richard Neal
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Neal said the committee was taking steps to provide support for workers and middle-class families. He described the Economic Mobility Act as expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless workers and expanding refundability of the child tax credit so more low-income families could benefit.

As Ways and Means chairman, Neal advanced concrete legislation to expand both EITC and CTC for working families.

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Neal Opening Statement at Markup of Tax Legislation | Congressman Richard Neal
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The enrolled law revised and increased the child tax credit in 2021 and made it refundable. It also revised the earned income tax credit for individuals with no qualifying children, including lower eligibility age and other expansions.

Federal law enacted temporary CTC and EITC expansions that matched the substance of Neal's long-running agenda, though not as a permanent middle-class tax-cut package.

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H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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On March 9, 2021, Neal voted Yea on the vote to order the previous question for H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which later became law with CTC and EITC expansions.

Neal supported the procedural step that advanced the bill containing the child tax credit and EITC expansions.

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Roll Call 65 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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