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The Democratic chair of the Senate Finance Committee on Sunday called Sen. JD Vance “a phony” after the Republican vice presidential candidate proposed more than doubling the Child Tax Credit—less than two weeks after skipping a vote on legislation that would have expanded the benefit. “If JD Vance sincerely gave a whit about working families in America, he would have shown up in the Senate a week and a half ago and voted for my proposal to expand the Child Tax Credit and help 16 million low-income kids get ahead,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who helped craft the compromise bill that passed …

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