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John Thune: “We expanded the child tax credit even further and indexed it…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families

Published | Video Starts at 01:28

We made those lower tax rates permanent. We made the increased standard deduction permanent, and we made the increased child tax credit permanent. But Mr. President, we didn't stop there. We expanded the child tax credit even further and indexed it to inflation. so that its value will never go down. We also further increased the standard deduction, exempting additional money from Americans taxable income. (01:28–01:34)

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