JD Vance Stumps as Pro-Family But Skips Vote on Child Tax Break

JD Vance, who generated campaign-trail controversy with arguments the government should more strongly favor families with children, skipped a Senate vote on a bipartisan tax plan that would have been a step in that direction.

Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the $78 billion tax-cut package that would benefit an estimated 16 million children through an expanded child tax credit. It also would provide breaks for US businesses.

Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee JD Vance speaks at the US-Mexico border in Hereford, Arizona, on Thursday.

Photographer: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg

Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, stirred furious criticism after 2021 comments surfaced in which he disparaged as “childless cat ladies” Democrats including Vice President Kamala Harris, who has two ...