His advisers said the combination of the new 10 percent rate and the increase in the child credit was intended to help working poor families.

A $500 child credit doesn't do anything for the economy.

The child credit is not available, either, because of the age of the children.

Another provision of the child credit also seems certain to lead to a battle.

Most of that, however, comes not from lower tax rates but from an increased child credit.

The other is an increase in the child credit, now $500 a child.

"The child credit should be designed to help them, not single them out to get no relief."

The elements include an increase in the child credit and a break for married couples.

But when we had to squeeze it all to $350 billion, they weren't talking about the child credits.

The full child credit is currently not available to most families at that income level.