Democrats Save Illegal Alien Tax Credit, Kill Move To Restore
Veterans’
Senate Democrats killed an amendment from Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
that would have paid for unemployment benefits for many Americans and replaced
recent cuts to veterans’ pensions by closing a tax code loophole that allows
illegal aliens to access the Refundable Child Tax Credit.
The vote failed on Thursday 54-42, with all Republicans but
Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) voting for the amendment and against Senate Majority Leader
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) crossed the aisle to vote
alongside Republicans in favor of the amendment.
The amendment would have been to the Unemployment Insurance
Extension Bill, S. 1845. On the Senate floor while debating the amendment,
Ayotte argued her amendment is “one that would fix fraud in our tax code that
really came to light in 2011 in a Treasury IG [Inspector General]
report.”
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