Gingrich, Santorum, and more conservatives press GOP to expand child tax credit

Gingrich, Santorum, and more conservatives press GOP to expand child tax credit


EXCLUSIVE — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Sen. Rick Santorum, and other pro-family conservatives are calling on congressional leadership to include a bigger child tax credit in the massive fiscal overhaul Republicans are planning.

In a letter addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), the group of 31 former lawmakers, conservative intellectuals, and influential pro-family individuals called upon the House and Senate to build on recent expansions to the child tax credit while indexing the benefit to inflation.

Congress is working on a major fiscal overhaul that Republicans plan to pass through budget reconciliation, a legislative process that allows for bills to bypass the filibuster and pass with only a simple majority in the Senate. The group is hoping

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