I will fight alongside Senator Sherrod Brown to dramatically cut childhood poverty by making the recent changes to the child tax credit permanent.

Shontel M. Brown · Ohio · Democratic

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Should I have the honor to be elected, I will fight alongside Senator Sherrod Brown to dramatically cut childhood poverty by making the recent changes to the child tax credit permanent.

Commits to making the expanded child tax credit permanent to reduce childhood poverty.

Priorities – Shontel Brown For Congress
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Evidence

The official press-releases page shows recent May 2026 items about the war powers resolution, housing expo, art competition, voter-file letter, small-business expo, SNAP, and other topics; no child-tax-credit item appears in the visible recent posts.

Brown's recent official House activity in the lookback window is on other issues, with no visible child-tax-credit action, so the promise is still unresolved on this record.

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Press Releases | Representative Shontel Brown
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IRS guidance currently describes the Child Tax Credit as worth up to $2,200 per qualifying child, with up to $1,700 refundable through the ACTC and SSN-based eligibility rules.

Current federal tax guidance shows the credit remains a narrower, updated benefit rather than the fully expanded permanent version promised in the claim, so the specific pledge was not delivered.

never later_term

Child Tax Credit | Internal Revenue Service
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Assessments

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Brown appears to have made serious legislative attempts after taking office, which supports effort credit, but the promised outcome was not achieved. She voted for the Build Back Better Act on November 19, 2021, a House-passed bill that would have extended the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit and made its full refundability permanent, and she also voted for the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act on January 31, 2024, a narrower later expansion. Even so, the specific promise to make the recent Child Tax Credit changes permanent was not delivered. Current IRS guidance last reviewed June 8, 2026 still describes a more limited credit worth up to $2,200 per child with capped refundability and an earned-income threshold for the ACTC, not the fully expanded permanent 2021 structure Brown promised to fight for.

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