Senate Republicans passed a bigger child tax credit as part of Trump’s spending package. If enacted, here is who stands to ...

Both the House and the Senate want to raise the maximum child tax credit, but limits on who can claim it mean millions of ...

H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, manages to be the worst of both worlds. It spends an eye-watering amount our country can ...

Around 2 million children don’t currently qualify for any of the child tax credit because their families earn less than $2,500, according to the Tax Policy Center. Another 15 million receive ...

That's because the child tax credit isn't fully refundable. As of 2025, families who who don't owe income taxes and earn less than $2,500 cannot claim any portion of the child tax credit.

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | Digitalvision | Getty Images [CNBC] The child tax credit could be worth over $2,000 under Republicans’ spending plan—but millions of families wouldn’t benefit ...

The Senate also pulled out a change to the Pell Grant program, which provides federal aid to low-income students to attend ...

Under current law, the maximum child tax credit is $2,000, which will revert to $1,000 after 2025 without changes from Congress. The Senate's spending bill would permanently raise the top credit ...