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. Ted Deutch
FL
22 Democrat No
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
26 Republican No
Rep. John D. Dingell
MI
12 Democrat No
Rep. Lloyd Doggett
TX
37 Democrat No
Rep. Mike Doyle
PA
18 Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat No
Rep. Sean Duffy
WI
7 Republican Yes
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.
TN
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Jeffrey Duncan
SC
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Donna Edwards
MD
4 Democrat No
Rep. Keith Ellison
MN
5 Democrat No
Rep. Renee Ellmers
NC
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Eliot L. Engel
NY
16 Democrat No
Rep. Bill Enyart
IL
12 Democrat Yes
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
CA
16 Democrat No
Rep. Elizabeth Esty
CT
5 Democrat No
Rep. Blake Farenthold
TX
27 Republican Yes
Rep. Sam Farr
CA
20 Democrat No
Rep. Chaka Fattah
PA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Stephen Fincher
TN
8 Republican Yes