“If something is not to be, and you can’t get it done, then you look for the way in which it can partially get it done,” Congresswoman Rose  DeLauro said. “What are the things can you get, so it’s not my way or the highway? That’s not what the legislative body is all about.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/us/politics/patty-murray-rosa-delauro-stimulus.html

Congresswoman DeLauro is the chair of the Appropriations Committee.

She is quoted in an article that discusses the major role that she and Senator Patty Murray played in having an increase in the  child tax credit included in President Biden’s American Recovery Plan.

This victory was preceded by more than a decade of effort.

It will be the law for only one year.  However, efforts are already underway to make it permanent.

I had a phone conversation with an advocate this morning about whether we should support a bill that has been significantly amended.

“I will be here next year,” I concluded our discussion.  “And beyond then, if the voters are willing.”