Article snippet: First daughter Ivanka Trump went to Washington — accepting a pioneering role as senior presidential adviser — with an eye on promoting policies to empower women as mothers and in the workplace. One of her top priorities, she said, was changing the tax code to better support young families — specifically, securing an increase in the child tax credit, aimed at helping parents afford child care while they are on the job. "American families need relief. Policies that allow women with children to thrive should not be novelties. They should be the norm," Trump said in her address to the 2016 Republican National Convention. As her father takes a victory lap after Republicans passed their tax cut bill, Ivanka Trump is getting a taste of her first legislative victory as well. She spent months lobbying publicly and behind the scenes to have the child tax credit increased as part of the tax legislation. "I think we've, over the course of the year, learned how to work as a unified voice," Trump said on Fox News on Thursday of her outreach to lawmakers. "I spent a lot of time on behalf of the administration and with members of the administration, Gary Cohn, Secretary Mnuchin, our whole team on the Hill and talking with different senators," she said, referring to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the president's chief economic adviser Gary Cohn. The final bill passed Wednesday delivers on her goal, expanding the current credit from $1,000 to $2,000, with $1,400 o... Link to the full article to read more