Press Release of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
| For Immediate Release: January 25, 2010 | Contact: Washington D.C. Office (202) 224-3553 |
Boxer Lauds Proposal to Expand Child Care Tax Credit
Boxer Introduced Similar Legislation to Help Working Families
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today praised President Obama’s efforts to help middle-class parents afford child care by nearly doubling the federal child care tax credit for families earning less than $85,000 and increasing it for families making less than $115,000.
Senator Boxer said, “The President’s proposal would increase the federal child care tax credit, providing much-needed tax relief for working families. This is particularly important in this tough economy, where child care costs are rising twice as fast as household incomes.”
The President’s proposal is similar to the Right Start Child Care and Education Act, S. 210, that Senator Boxer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have introduced this Congress. Their legislation would increase the child care tax credit for working families. Representative C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) is carrying the companion legislation, HR 460, in the House of Representatives.
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