The Working Families Tax Cuts proposal included a permanently increased child tax credit.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonOct 24, 2026Congress should make life easier for hardworking families, not harder. Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts included: ✅ Permanently increased child tax credit ✅ A new refundable adoption tax credit ✅ An Education Freedom Tax Credit to expand K–12 scholarship opportunities ✅ Trump Accounts to help children build savings for their futures Every House Democrat voted AGAINST all of this!
The sources consistently show that the Working Families Tax Cuts permanently increased the child tax credit to $2,200 per child and indexed it to inflation, rather than letting it fall to $1,000 after 2025.
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What we found
Supports. The House Ways and Means Committee states the Working Families Tax Cuts 'permanently locked in' the Child Tax Credit at $2,200 per child and indexed it to inflation, after it would otherwise have reverted to $1,000 in 2026.[3]
Supports. The Senate Finance Committee and Senate Republicans state the law 'permanently increased the child tax credit to $2,200 per child,' and the Congressional Record for June 2026 describes the Working Families Tax Cut as passed into law.[4][5]
Supports. Representative Bice's column says the legislation 'permanently increased the credit to $2,200 per qualifying child' with an annual inflation adjustment beginning after 2025, which confirms the same provision.[6]
Supports. Factcheck.org, a tier1 source, reports that the law increased the maximum child tax credit from $2,000 to $2,200 per child, which corroborates the size of the increase independently of the sponsors.[1]
Context. Most of the strongest supporting material comes from Republican committees, members, and leadership, so it reflects the sponsors' own description of the law. The primary and tier1 sources nonetheless agree on the permanence and the $2,200 amount, and none contradicts them.[3][7][8]
Context. The AP article notes the law's broader impact has been mixed, but it does not dispute the child tax credit provision.[2]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 6 primary
- 1GOP Ad Attacks Ossoff's Vote Against Trump Tax Cutsfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2'Big beautiful bill' is GOP's signature achievement, with ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Chairman Smith: Working Families Tax Cuts Lowers the ...waysandmeans.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4Working Families Tax Cuts - Senate Finance Committeefinance.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6Supporting Pro-Family Policies | Representative Stephanie Bicebice.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 7The Working Families Tax Cuts Help Working Moms and Charitable ...republicanleader.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 8One Year Later: Democrats Tout Tax Cuts They Voted Againstmikejohnson.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
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