Todd Young yesterday: “I’m committed to standing for life and supporting pregnant women.”
Also Todd Young: Votes “NO” on $540 million of childcare investments, domestic violence survivors, and the Child Tax Credit
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today called out U.S Senator Todd Young for claiming he supports “standing for life and supporting pregnant women” when his votes literally say otherwise. Young voted against the American Rescue Plan last year which delivered $3.5 million for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in Indiana, $540 million in childcare investments, and a Child Tax Credit for Hoosier families. While Todd Young says he wants to protect life, it’s President Joe Biden’s Rescue Plan that actually protected women, stabilized the childcare industry, and cut the child poverty rate in half. Young voted “NO” on everything.
Todd Young’s 2022 election strategy is trying to have it both ways, because he knows the Indiana GOP has no plans for Indiana’s future – just extreme partisanship.
In contrast, Indiana Democrats like Andrè Carson and Frank Mrvan said “YES” to these investments for Hoosiers — and U.S. Democratic candidate Tom McDermott supports them, too. Whether it’s the Child Tax Credit, solving Indiana’s childcare crisis, or protecting domestic violence survivors – families are at the core of Democrats’ plans to create a better future for Hoosiers. It’s why Democrats are delivering the kitchen-table issues that matter most to voters in all of Indiana’s 92 counties.
Throughout the 2022 elections (and beyond), Democrats will highlight how the Indiana GOP has no plan for Indiana’s future – just a divisive partisan agenda.
SHOT: Todd Young claims he is “standing for life and supporting pregnant women”
Todd Young yesterday: “I’m committed to standing for life and supporting pregnant women.”
CHASER: Todd Young votes “NO” on the American Rescue Plan and measures that protect life
Indiana Public Media: Indiana announces $540 million grant program aiming to stabilize child care industry
The Build Learn Grow Stabilization Grants are designed to help providers navigate a wide range of challenges as the pandemic continues; the money can be used to help pay for things like the rent for their buildings, hiring bonuses or increased pay to recruit more staff, and software to streamline business operations.
In total, the state is using federal COVID-19 relief from the American Rescue Plan Act to make $540 million available through the program.”
ICJI: ICJI has awarded 46 nonprofits a total of nearly $3.5 million in federal grants to improve services for survivors of family violence and sexual assault.
“The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) has awarded 46 nonprofits a total of nearly $3.5 million in federal grants to improve services for survivors of family violence and sexual assault. These grants were awarded through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) program with American Rescue Plan funds.
NPR: The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here’s what else it did
“The first payment, in July, kept 3 million children out of poverty,” says Megan Curran, policy director at the Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy. By December, Curran says, the benefit was keeping 3.7 million children out of poverty.
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