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Millions to lose child benefit as Biden social spending bill in doubt

Child Tax Credit has been a lifeline for US families during Covid but lawmakers are arguing over its cost

Latia Reliford has struggled financially during the pandemic.

A divorced mother of five children aged five to 14, Reliford ran a day care centre in New York with her mother, a job that allowed her the flexibility needed to care for her children. But the Covid closures put her out of business and left her unemployed.

Though Reliford has interviewed for several roles in the past several months, she says employers are hesitant to hire her because she has to quarantine at home each time one of her children is exposed to the virus.

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