Harris and Trump both push for Child Tax Credit hike

Government figures show it now costs more than $300,000 to raise a child from birth to age 18. Since 1997, the federal child tax credit has been helping parents save a little bit of that money. Now, both the Harris and Trump campaigns are proposing supersized versions of the tax break. Nancy Cordes reports.

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