Kamala Harris Voted Against Trump-Era Bill That Expanded Child Tax Credits She Champions

Vice President Kamala Harris proposed raising the child tax credit (CTC) for families with newborns Friday, despite voting against a bill that doubled the credit in 2017 under then-President Donald Trump.

In addition to a variety of reductions in corporate and personal income tax rates, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) raised the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000, and increased the maximum qualifying income from $75,000 to $200,000 for single filers and from $110,000 to $400,000 for married couples. Less than 7 years after voting against the TCJA, Harris has made boosting the credit one of her core economic policy proposals, proposing to raise the benefit to $6,000 for families with newborns.

“Vice President Harris’ plan makes a historic expansion of the Child Tax Credit: providing up to $6,000 in total tax relief for middle-income and low-income families for the first year of their child’s life,” a campaign fact sheet released Friday stated.

Five days prior to Harris’s announcement, Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on Aug. 11