Broken SALT, Child-Credit Pledges Risk Voter Ire for Democrats

Democratic lawmakers are risking the ire of voters inflamed by this year’s tax-filing season, as the stalling of President Joe Biden’s priority economic package leaves them bereft of promised benefits.

Embedded in the Build Back Better package were two provisions that Democrats designed so that the effects would be felt immediately by key constituencies: lower-income families, along with wealthier voters in areas with high local taxes, critical to a number of swing districts.

One of the plan’s components was an extension of the monthly child tax credit of up to $300 per kid that Biden included in his March ...