Bipartisan negotiators in Congress have proposed an $80 billion deal to expand the federal child tax credit, with a focus on increasing support for low-income parents. Spearheaded by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason T. Smith, the proposed legislation faces uncertainty in Congress, with potential resistance from House Republicans over President Biden's key economic policy priority of revitalizing the expanded child tax credit.
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Silver has served as a consultant to major international organizations, including the World Bank, United Nations, IADB, and International Labor Organization, on issues of social exclusion and inclusion, and to the US Government and the State of Rhode Island on racial disparities.
She has received four Fulbright fellowships, fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Study, and Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg, and multiple grants from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst [DAAD], National Science Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities and RI Council for the Humanities.
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