Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) visited Hopelink’s Redmond Market and Service Center to discuss tax filing assistance options ahead of the April 15 filing deadline. Hopelink provides free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) to local residents through volunteers with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps sponsored by United Way of King County.
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Last night, one of the key themes of President Biden’s State of the Union was reducing costs for families. He called for the passage of two pieces of legislation led by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) as ways to lower costs for families and put money back in their pockets.
The first would help finance the construction of 2 million affordable homes nationwide over the next decade, and… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Danny Davis (IL-07), and Linda Sánchez (CA-38) introduced legislation to permanently expand child care tax credits that help working families cover child care costs to up to $4,000 for one child or $8,000 for two or more children.
In 2021, DelBene, Davis, and Sánchez secured the temporary expansion of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan tax package that included many provisions DelBene has championed.
“This package remains flawed in many ways, and I’ve been disappointed by the lack of Republican willingness to make improvements that will better support families most in need.
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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after the Ways & Means tax package markup.
“This is an imperfect bill in many ways but that is the reality of divided government. It nevertheless includes several provisions that I have long advocated for that would help support workers and families and grow our economy. That is why I voted to advance the… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure tax fairness for meals provided to workers on certain Pacific Northwest fish processing vessels and remote facilities.
The 2017 Republican tax law restricted deductions for employers providing free meals as a perk of employment, even when off-premises food and beverage… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement in response to new Census data showing that the historic gains made in fighting childhood poverty from one year of the expanded Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan were undone in the year since Republicans refused to continue the policy.
“Today’s data further proves how monthly Child Tax Credit payments… Read more »
This year, 11 states either created a state-level child tax credit or beefed up an existing one. Minnesota led the pack. It didn’t just establish a new, permanent credit; it now boasts the country’s most generous one, offering families who earn less than $35,000 as much as $1,750 a year for each child under the age of 17.
These states are enacting a policy that has been an irrefutable… Read more »
KOMO News caught with Rep. Suzan DelBene for the Connect to Congress series. DelBene represents Washington's 1st congressional district, which covers parts of King and Snohomish counties.
The congresswoman spoke about new legislation she is co-sponsoring that would expand and improve the child tax credit.
"We just introduced the American Family Act which is the expanded child tax… Read more »
For Melissa Lester, a mother of two from Columbus, Ohio, the rising cost of childcare is a nearly insurmountable obstacle. Lester, a social worker and member of the advocacy group MomsRising, told the Senate Finance Committee in a hearing on Wednesday that her family paid more on childcare than on their mortgage, with the annual cost amounting to more than one year of tuition at… Read more »
