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5.55pm BST
Joe Biden predicted Republicans will try to boast about the enhanced Child Tax Credit, even though they did not vote for the coronavirus relief package that authorized the monthly payments.
The president is now calling on Congress to extend the program beyond 2021, and Republicans are expected to also oppose the $3.5tn bill that will approve that extension.
5.45pm BST
Joe Biden predicted that the monthly Child Tax Credit payments would produce “the largest ever one-year decrease in child poverty in the history of the United States of America”.
“The benefits will be felt for years,” Biden said of the payments, which started being distributed to families today.
Pres. Biden says the Child Tax Credit will create “the largest ever one year decrease in child poverty in the history of the United States of America.” pic.twitter.com/98Bxnecxme