SENATOR RUBIO VOTE

Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said yesterday he will vote against the GOP’s tax package unless negotiators expand the child tax credit. Rubio wants to increase the basic $2,000-per-child tax credit that would go to low-income families. In the current bill, families that pay little or no income tax would get only $1,100 per child. Rubio wants that amount increased, but he did not specify an amount. The Senate passed its earlier version of the tax package by only 51-49, with Rubio voting for it. His defection makes passage of the bill increasingly problematic.

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