The GOP is refusing to negotiate on reviving the expanded Child Tax Credit, which cut child poverty by over 40 percent.Republican Sen. Mike Crapo testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill on December 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Al Drago-Pool / Getty Images Congressional Republicans happily teamed up with Democrats this month to authorize $858 billion in military spending for the next fiscal year, but the GOP is refusing to even consider proposals to revive the Child Tax Credit expansion that lifted millions of kids out of poverty last year - even though bringing the program back would cost a fraction of the Pentagon outlay.
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