(Marion, IA) — Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion is proposing an increase in the federal child tax credit as part of a package she says will support women during and after their pregnancies. The 2021 American Rescue Plan that Hinson opposed raised the tax credit for low and middle-income parents of kids under 17. Hinson’s bill would raise the credit even higher than last year’s levels — a 20 percent increase for parents with kids under five and 15 percent more for parents with kids between the ages of six and 16. The legislation would let parents withdraw their future Social Security benefits for three months to support parental leave after the birth of a baby.
