Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has called for adding “work requirements” to the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) currently moving through Congress as part of the Build Back Better Act. Manchin was dismissive when initially asked by Tara Golshan of the HuffPost to expand on “what kind of work requirements he’d like added to the benefit, saying they More

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