In a new joint op-ed for the Washington Examiner, The Winston Group’s Myra Miller and The Clapham Group’s Mark Rodgers discuss the pro-family progress in last summer’s Working Families Tax Cuts (One Big Beautiful Bill) and the additional policy opportunities to build on the OBBBA.
The survey assessed five additional pro-working-family proposals to address affordability concerns, and every one drew significant majority support across party lines and among Trump voters and parents.
For one, federal grants to help states establish paid family leave programs: 67% favor (67–22 favor-oppose); increased funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant so more working families can access quality, affordable childcare services: 67% favor (67–19 favor-oppose); ending out-of-pocket costs for pregnancy and childbirth: 65% favor (65–21 favor-oppose); expanding eligibility for the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit by allowing families with only one working parent with earned income to be eligible: 62% favor (62–20 favor-oppose); and a package increasing the Child Tax Credit and establishing a $2,800 tax credit for pregnant mothers: 61% favor (61–21 favor-oppose).
Those are strong margins in support of policies that would help ease financial burdens for families. And what is important for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to know is that these provisions have broad support nationwide.
Read the full piece here.
