Why getting Congress to fund help for US children in poverty is so hard to do
- Written by Leslie Lenkowsky, Senior Counsellor and Professor Emeritus of Practice in Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi strongly supported the 2021 expansion of the child tax credit.Mario Tama/Getty ImagesThe Build Back Better bill, the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic policy, cleared the House of Representatives by a slender margin largely along party lines in November 2021.
Legislative progress came to a sudden...
