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Richard Blumenthal: “Projections suggesting it would have delivered up to $12…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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'Made It Needlessly Harder': Richard Blumenthal Trashes Trump Admin For Ending IRS Direct File

Published | Video Starts at 03:07

The Direct File program also helped lower income families because they were able to access millions of dollars in unclaimed tax credit, with Projections suggesting it would have delivered up to $12 billion in additional tax credits annually. That's a lot of money. Costs increase for everything. Food, housing, health care. This program was an easy way to give working Americans a well deserved break. (03:07–03:14)

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Asserts that the Direct File program could have provided $12 billion in additional tax credits each year.

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