Sen. Warnock trumpets expanded child tax credit: 'Elections have consequences'

published 15 July 2021

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) matched President Biden's enthusiasm for the child tax credit on Thursday, touting the plan's broad impact and significance, both at a national level and at home down south.

"In this case, it is a wonderful reminder that elections have consequences," Warnock said. "I'm so grateful that we were able to deliver from the great state of Georgia," he added, presumably referencing both his and Sen. Jon Ossoff's (D) win in the state's Senate run-offs earlier this year. "As a result of that, 2.2 million Georgia children will see their lives changed in a remarkable and substantive way beginning today."

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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.

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