Obama using Tax Day to highlight family-friendly proposals unwelcome by foes in Congress

President Barack Obama is using Tax Day to draw new attention to family-friendly tax proposals that haven't exactly been embraced by the Republican leaders of Congress.

Obama was also answering questions about working family issues at a town hall Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the women's websites BlogHer and SheKnows.

The president has called on Congress to expand existing tax credits and create new credits to help working families. Lawmakers have taken no action.

Meanwhile, the House is expected this week to pass a bill repealing the estate tax.

The White House says eliminating the tax would help a few thousand wealthy households at a cost of about $270 billion to the Treasury.

It says far more people, 44 million families, would benefit under the president's proposals.