Los Angeles Times: Overlooked in Biden’s COVID-19 proposal: A push to cut child poverty in half

In the congressional district represented by Democrat Rep. Jimmy Gomez, for example, which stretches from Koreatown through much of the Eastside of Los Angeles, roughly 74,000 children who currently don’t get the full credit would benefit, according to a district-by-district analysis by Sophie Collyer, research director at Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. In the district covering the eastern San Fernando Valley represented by Democrat Rep. Tony Cárdenas, some 79,000 children would gain the full amount, the analysis showed.

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