WASHINGTON - Families eligible for the expanded child tax credit as part of the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan will receive the last payment on Dec.
15, though more could follow in the future — pending congressional moves. The expanded child tax credit payments could potentially be extended into 2022, but those payments are tied to President Joe Biden’s social and environmental spending bill which has stalled in the Senate.One reason for the delay in passing the spending package is because the Senate is evenly divided and Republicans oppose the legislation unanimously.
One of the Democratic party’s final holdouts, Sen. Joe Manchin, has been pushing for months for Democrats to curb the bill’s size and drop some initiatives,.