House advances bill to adjust child tax credit
The House approved a bill to boost the $1,000 child tax credit for higher income families and tie it to inflation, while threatening to reduce or lose the credit for the poorest families in 2018. The vote was 237 to 173 with Republicans largely in support and Democrats opposed. The Senate is not expected to pass the measure.
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President Obama urged Central American presidents and Republicans to act on immigration and emergency funding as Congress nears its August recess. He warned that those lacking valid asylum claims would be sent back and dismissed a wide refugee plan as limited. Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Obama sought a regional plan to handle current arrivals and a longer term solution.
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