Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014

Jul. 25, 2014 | H.R. 4935
This legislation expands eligibility for the Child Tax Credit (CTC) by raising the threshold to $150,000 per year, but fails to permanently extend an expiring provision that allows low income families to access the credit. Over 60 percent of families using the refundable CTC earn less than $25,000 per year. Nearly half of these families are raising children on wages of $10 an hour or less. Failing to permanently extend access for low-income families could take money out of the pockets of working families and hurt children at a time when child poverty is at its highest level in decades. The legislation would also deny the refundable portion of the credit to immigrants who file taxes with an IRS-issued Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) and are currently eligible, resulting in over two million working families and 5.5 million children being denied the credit, 4.5 million of whom are U.S. citizens. The legislation passed.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 237
NAYs: 173

Legislator Sort descending State District Party Vote
Rep. Bradley Byrne
AL
1 Republican Yes
Rep. Ken Calvert
CA
41 Republican Yes
Rep. Dave Camp
MI
4 Republican Yes
Rep. John Campbell
CA
45 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Eric Cantor
VA
7 Republican Yes
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican Not Voting
Rep. Lois Capps
CA
24 Democrat No
Rep. Michael E. Capuano
MA
7 Democrat No
Rep. Tony Cárdenas
CA
29 Democrat No
Rep. John Carney
DE
At Large Democrat No
Rep. André Carson
IN
7 Democrat No
Rep. John Carter
TX
31 Republican Yes
Rep. Matt Cartwright
PA
8 Democrat No
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican Yes
Rep. Kathy Castor
FL
14 Democrat No
Rep. Joaquín Castro
TX
20 Democrat No
Rep. Steven J. Chabot
OH
1 Republican Yes
Rep. Jason Chaffetz
UT
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Judy Chu
CA
28 Democrat No
Rep. David Cicilline
RI
1 Democrat Not Voting