JD Vance and Tim Walz claimed as much in their debate this week. But the reality is a lot more complicated.

Obviously it’s good that the president passed the torch to Harris. I just wish she’d stop differentiating her economic policies from his.

The press has been feverishly demanding more and more wonky details about the presidential candidates’ proposals. If only they could understand them!

Fresh data from the Census Bureau has shone a stark light on the number of Americans, among them millions of children, who must endure what’s proven to be a fixable hardship.

The party finally has the upper hand on taxes: The rich will pay more—unless the GOP wins the White House and both houses of Congress.

He has a record shepherding measures like childcare and paid leave through the state legislature. That could appeal to some women voters.

This tax season is a big test for a slew of newly created child tax credits in places like Minnesota and Oregon.

A key provision in the bipartisan tax bill is creating strange bedfellows.

The expansions on offer in the new bipartisan tax deal are more modest than the Covid-era changes, but advocates say the changes to the credit will reduce child poverty.

A bipartisan deal is in reach at last, but there’s no guarantee that some children won’t get left behind.

In a time of rank partisanship, lawmakers may reach a deal to extend key tax credits for families and businesses.

If Kevin McCarthy’s successor is going to need future support from across the aisle, it will come with a price tag.

Census data showed a dramatic increase in child poverty from 2021 to 2022, due in part to the expiration of the expanded credit.

Senator Michael Bennet is hoping that a hearing on the child tax credit could encourage bipartisan action.

The party had a Minnesota legislative “bonanza,” passing abortion protections, paid family leave, and a child tax credit, among a raft of new laws.

Nearly two years after the credit expired, Democrats are pushing forward with legislation to dramatically reduce child poverty, despite GOP opposition.

Congress failed to renew the wildly successful measure, but state lawmakers across the country are working to bring it back.

A proposal from Montana’s Greg Gianforte has stalled amid a bipartisan scrap with something of a flipped script.

The president’s spending plan will never pass, but that’s not the point.

There are now over 100 pilot programs nationwide offering families direct cash support.