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Rubio to vote 'no' on tax bill unless child tax credit is expanded | TheHill

posted onDecember 15, 2017
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Article snippet: Sen. MORE (R-Fla.) has threatened to vote against the tax bill, putting the legislation in danger of being delayed past Christmas. Rubio has told Senate leaders that he will vote against the bill unless the child tax credit is made more generous to help lower-income workers who pay payroll taxes and not regular income taxes. “Sen. Rubio has consistently communicated to the Senate tax negotiators that his vote on final passage would depend on whether the refundability of the Child Tax Credit was increased in a meaningful way,” said a spokesperson for Rubio. Rubio told reporters at the Capitol that the current tax credit is insufficient. "Right now it's only $1,100. It needs to be higher than that," Rubio said. "I understand that this is a process of give and take, especially when there's only a couple of us fighting for it," he told reporters. "Given all the other changes they've made in the tax code leading into it, I can't in good conscience support it unless we are able to increase the refundable portion of it." If Rubio votes against the bill, Republicans can only lose one other lawmaker if they hope to pass the final bill that emerges from a House-Senate conference. Corker has not ruled out voting for the final conference report, though he suggested his concerns have not changed. “The issues I had before are still there,” he said.  A spokesman for Sen. MORE (R-Utah), who worked with Rubio on a previously proposed child tax credit expansion, told The Hill the... Link to the full article to read more

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