Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021-2025 term
Expand the Child Tax Credit and make it fully refundable
Biden enacted a large temporary Child Tax Credit expansion through the American Rescue Plan, but the broader refundable expansion was not made permanent.
Latest reviewed action recorded: Dec 31, 2021
Why this is mixed
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This record includes documented gains, but also meaningful limits or exclusions.
Record Note
Approved mission-aligned Promise Tracker import. Focused on Black child poverty, household income support, and anti-poverty tax policy. Sources are tracked separately in a manual manifest.
Original Promise
Biden proposed expanding the Child Tax Credit, increasing its value, and making it fully refundable so lower-income families could receive the full benefit.
Action Timeline
Actions document what the federal government did. Outcomes below describe what changed, and each source list shows where the public record comes from.
Jul 21, 2020
Biden campaign backs larger fully refundable Child Tax Credit
Biden proposed increasing the Child Tax Credit and making it fully refundable so low-income households could receive the full benefit.
Mar 11, 2021
American Rescue Plan creates temporary Child Tax Credit expansion
Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, which expanded the Child Tax Credit, increased refundability, and broadened access for lower-income families.
Dec 31, 2021
Expanded Child Tax Credit expires without permanent extension
The one-year expansion ended after Congress did not make the larger fully refundable credit permanent.
Outcomes
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Economic Outcome
Biden delivered a large temporary Child Tax Credit expansion, but he did not make the fuller refundable expansion permanent.
Measured or documented impact: The American Rescue Plan increased the credit and expanded refundability for one year, but the larger design expired without permanent enactment.
Black community impact: This was highly relevant to Black communities because the temporary expansion reduced poverty risk, raised disposable income, and reached many Black families who are often underserved by less refundable tax benefits.
Evidence strength: Strong
Linked sources: 0
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