ICYMI: Democrats plan to highlight ‘middle-class tax cut’ during congressional recess [McClatchy]

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McClatchy: Democrats plan to highlight ‘middle-class tax cut’ during congressional recess
By Alex Roarty
August 3, 2021

Key Points:

• Democratic lawmakers will spend August touting how President Joe Biden’s agenda delivered direct financial assistance for some Americans, according to a new memo issued Tuesday, as they prepare to face voters during the scheduled congressional recess.

• The memo…amounts to an early indication of how Democrats plan to defend their slim congressional majorities ahead of next year’s midterm elections, emphasizing economic issues and highlighting GOP opposition to their policies.

• The memo points to three policies that Democratic members of the House and Senate intend to highlight: the White House’s new child tax credit policy, potential infrastructure investments and additional health care spending.

• The child tax credit is a particular focus of the memo…In the memo, the party calls it “a tax cut for middle-class families” available to tens of millions of families.

• It also emphasizes extra subsidies included in the pandemic relief law for health care exchanges, party efforts to lower prescription drug costs, and national job growth since Biden took office.

• “This August, Democrats across the country will make sure that voters know that the ‘D’ in Democrat stands for ‘deliver’ by highlighting the contrast between the parties on three central areas — all of which are helping Americans get back to work and back on their feet after the pandemic,” it says.

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