S. 3596 119th Congress Senate

Stronger Start for Working Families Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the earned income threshold for the refundable child tax credit.

Introduced: January 8, 2026 Introduced by: Margaret Wood Hassan Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov

Taxation

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Jan 8, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jan 8, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
3 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3 filings
SENATE
3 filings
Social Security Administration (SSA)
3 filings

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Cosponsors 5

Warner, Mark R.

Virginia · Mar 4, 2026

Cortez Masto, Catherine

Indiana · Jan 8, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3596: Stronger Start for Working Families Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3596/

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"S. 3596: Stronger Start for Working Families Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3596/.

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S. 3596, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3596/.

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