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Sherrod Brown: “It raised them above the poverty line.”

Featuring: Sherrod Brown, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Published | Video Starts at 15:16

So a huge swath of the state benefited immensely from the child tax credit. And it gave poor kids, families of poor kids, It raised them above the poverty line. Kind of middle class kids, working class kids that gave their parents, maybe they have a little money to pay school fees so their daughter can play basketball or their … (15:16–15:19)

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Asserts that the child tax credit raised families above the poverty line.

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