Perspective: Where are the pro-family senators?
July 31, 2025
J.D. Vance and Mitt Romney had their differences when they served as senators together in the last Congress. But they shared a common commitment to family policies that served all families with young children — including those who relied on a family member to care for an infant or toddler at home — rather than just those families with both parents in the workforce and their kids in paid child care.
Romney pushed for an expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) that would have been worth $4,200 for all working families with children under age 6. Vance called for a $5,000 child tax credit in last year’s presidential campaign. And both Vance and Romney made it clear that any new family policy spending should not favor families who rely on paid child care outside of the home but rather should be aimed at all families, including those who choose to care for their young children at home.
