Pro-family provisions long advocated by U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have been included in the Senate GOP’s sweeping finance package, offering targeted reforms to existing child care tax credits in an effort to ease financial burdens on working parents.
Legislative text released Monday outlines key updates to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Plan (D-CAP), and the Employer Provided Tax Credit (45F), top priorities for Britt, who has consistently pushed for measures that make child care more affordable and accessible.
“I have long championed the need for updated child care tax credits to help parents grow their families and to help strengthen our economy and workforce,” Britt said in a statement. “An overwhelming majority of American families, 81% of parents, have called on Congress to address the affordability and accessibility of child care.”
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The updated CDCTC, D-Cap, and 45F provisions were included in what Republicans are calling the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a broad reconciliation package focused on tax and economic policy.
“Families and small businesses across the U.S. understand that child care is not a partisan issue, it’s a parents’ issue,” Britt said. “I’m glad to see several of my pro-family priorities included in reconciliation. This is a great step in the right direction. I will continue fighting to get this over the finish line for hardworking families.”
The legislation aims to modernize tax code provisions around child care expenses, a move that could provide greater relief for middle-class families while supporting workforce participation and economic growth.
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“Republicans are the party of parents, the party of families, and the party of hardworking Americans,” Britt said. “I can think of no better way to reaffirm this big tent coalition than to tackle the affordability and accessibility of child care head on by modernizing and strengthening these existing child care tax credits.”
Britt, a first-term senator and member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, has made child care and family-focused policy central to her legislative agenda.
Grace Heim is a state and political reporter for Yellowhammer News. You can follow her on X @graceeheim or email her at [email protected].
