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On Oct. 13, 2021, University of Mississippi law professor Cliff Johnson told the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Rules that “minor” offenses decimate families across the country and take food off people’s tables.Â
As part of the American Rescue Plan passed in March, the Biden Administration increased the Earned Income Tax Credit for low- and middle-income workers. We are going to see millions of lives improved over the next year because of these changes, only to be erased when these provisions expire in 2022. We cannot let that happen. We must make these provisions permanent.
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