Rubio repeats concerns on U.S. tax bill ahead of expected vote next week
U.S. Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Friday repeated his concerns that an expansion of child tax credit in a tax bill his party’s leaders hope to pass next week is too little to win his support, keeping a cloud over prospects for the legislation’s passage.
Rubio noted that the pending legislation, which is still being finalized, would double the child tax credit to $2,000, but said that only about half of the credit would be available to millions of working-class families.
Tax deal doubles #ChildTaxCredit from $1k to $2000.But for millions of #workingclass families only 55% of the $2K is available to them 2/2
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 15, 2017
Can only support bill if % of the 2K #ChildTaxCredit available to #workingclass parents is increased to % meaningfully higher than 55% 3/3
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 15, 2017
“Can only support bill if (percent) of the 2K #ChildTaxCredit available to #workingclass parents is increased to (a percent) meaningfully higher than 55%,” Rubio wrote in a post on Twitter.