Democrats in Congress voted against legislation to double the child tax credit.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonOct 28, 2026The contrast is clear ⬇️ Republicans have worked to make REAL, POSITIVE change in the lives of the EVERY American! Democrats voted AGAINST: ❌ No Tax on Tips ❌ No Tax on Overtime ❌ No Tax on Social Security ❌ Bigger Tax Deductions for seniors ❌ Trump Investment Bank Accounts for kids ❌ DOUBLING the child tax credit ❌ Keeping men OUT of girls' sports And if they take over Congress, they will undo …
The sources support that Democrats in Congress unanimously voted against the 2025 tax law (OBBBA/Working Families Tax Cuts), which contained the child tax credit change. However, the claim that this legislation doubled the credit is contradicted by tier1 sources: the law raised the maximum credit from $2,000 to $2,200, while the doubling to $2,000 came from the 2017 TCJA.
A detail. The sources confirm the gist; the verdict faults a detail such as a date, number or wording.
What we found
Contradicts. PolitiFact and factcheck.org report the 2025 law raised the maximum child tax credit from $2,000 to $2,200 per child, a roughly 10% increase rather than a doubling.[1][2][8]
Supports. AP and factcheck.org report that no Democrat voted for the 2025 law (OBBBA), and the Senate Congressional Record and House Republican releases say Democrats uniformly voted against it.[2][3][4][5]
Context. The doubling of the child tax credit to $2,000 was made by Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the 2025 law extended and made permanent; House Republican releases describe the 2025 package as having 'doubled' the credit, a characterization the tier1 sources do not support.[2][6][7]
Sources
8 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 4 primary, 1 not rated
- 1The child tax credit is changing. Here's what it means for ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2GOP Ad Attacks Ossoff's Vote Against Trump Tax Cutsfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 3'Big beautiful bill' is GOP's signature achievement, with ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 4Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 44 (Tuesday ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Every Single Democrat Voted Against American Families.rsc-pfluger.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6One Year Later: Democrats Tout Tax Cuts They Voted Againstmikejohnson.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 7Carter celebrates record-high tax returns on Tax Day for ...buddycarter.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 8PolitiFact | Donald Trump’s 'Big Beautiful' spending law was ...api.politifact.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
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