First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to all members of Congress today to strongly oppose H.J. Res. 142 by Rep. Brandon Gill (TX) and S.J. Res. 102 (Sen. Rick Scott (FL), the resolutions of disapproval that would overturn the District’s decision to decouple portions of its local tax code from recent federal tax changes.
” These resolutions would have two deeply harmful and unnecessary consequences,” the letter said. “1) They would blow a substantial hole – nearly $700 million – in DC’s local budget; and, (2) they would repeal recently enacted District policies that are projected to reduce child poverty by roughly 20 percent, including the establishment of a $1,000 Child Tax Credit (CTC) and an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).”