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The federal government should help pay for child care for working families.
Federal child care help today comes mainly through block grants to states and tax credits, and reaches a small share of eligible families. This would expand federal funding so more working families pay less for child care.
Pete Ricketts
We increased the child and dependent care tax credit. The maximum credit rate rose from 25% to 50%.
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