On May 22, 2025, Bill Huizenga cast one of the 215 votes that sent H.R. 1 to the Senate; on July 3 he voted for the final law; and on April 16, 2026 his yes helped adopt a resolution applauding steps that "permanently expand the child tax credit," even as the law keeps the full credit out of reach for 40,000 children in Michigan's 4th District, a quarter of the total, whose families earn too little, by the count of Columbia University's poverty researchers.
Across the state, 29% of Michigan children, about 581,000, live in families with too little income for the full credit, and the law's larger child care credit gives families under $30,000 nothing at all.
Bill Huizenga's Votes on the Child Tax Credit and Child Care Costs
- Huizenga Voted for Tax-Credit Rules That Leave a Quarter of His District's Children Without the Full Amount, Then Voted to Applaud Them in 2026. Huizenga's aye on July 3, 2025 went into the 218-214 tally that finished H.R. 1, following his May vote that let the House version squeak through 215 to 214. Then, in April 2026, came his vote for H.Res. 1156, a resolution commending the law because it would "permanently expand the child tax credit." A bigger maximum, $2,200 per child, sits on top of the same earnings phase-in as before, leaving "more than 1 in 4 children (28%) under age 17" short of the full credit, the Columbia researchers found; for a married couple raising two kids, full eligibility starts at $41,500. Another provision "strips the Child Tax Credit from the approximately 2.6 million or more children" with no parent holding a Social Security number valid for work, per NILC's analysis.
- Huizenga Voted for a Bigger Child Care Credit That Families Below $30,000 Cannot Use. Also in the bill Huizenga voted to pass on July 3, 2025: a larger tax credit for child and dependent care that remains nonrefundable, so parents who owe the IRS little or nothing gain little or nothing. Starting in 2026, by the National Women's Law Center's analysis, "families making less than $30,000 won't benefit at all"; the group says just 8.5 percent of families with children come away with a larger credit, and almost 80 percent of the benefit is captured by middle- and upper-income households.
What Bill Huizenga's Votes Mean for Children in Michigan's 4th District and Across the State
- Huizenga's district has 40,000 children below the full-credit line. Columbia's Center on Poverty and Social Policy puts 40,000 children in Michigan's 4th District, 25% of them, in households below the earnings the full credit requires; parents there get a reduced credit or none, while families with higher pay receive $2,200 for each child.
- 581,000 Michigan children fall short of the full credit. For Michigan as a whole, the researchers' tally is about 581,000 children, or 29%, shut out of the full amount, and the income bar for a two-parent, two-child household in 2025 is $41,500.
- The same law cuts Medicaid and SNAP for Michigan children. The law's other cuts reach the same households: 56,400 children in Michigan's 4th District were on Medicaid in 2025, and over 53,000 Michigan children were among those who left SNAP between summer 2025 and August 2026, Bridge Michigan reported.
Frequently Asked Questions About Bill Huizenga on Child care and families
What is Bill Huizenga's record on child care and families under Trump?
In 2025 Bill Huizenga voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's House version on May 22, which passed by one vote, and for its final version on July 3, and in April 2026 he voted again to praise it. Because the law ties the child tax credit to earnings, Columbia's researchers estimate 40,000 children in his district get less than the full amount, and the child care credit's larger value never reaches families earning under $30,000, NWLC found. About 2.6 million U.S. children also lose the credit under a Social Security number rule, according to NILC.
When do Michigan families feel the child tax credit changes Bill Huizenga voted for?
They began with the 2025 tax year: for the law that passed July 3, 2025 with Bill Huizenga's vote, Columbia's researchers found that full eligibility for a two-parent, two-child family requires $41,500 of 2025 income, so the 581,000 Michigan children below that line get a partial credit or none when their parents file. The bigger child care credit begins in 2026, the year NWLC says families earning under $30,000 get nothing from it.
Did Bill Huizenga vote for the 2026 resolution praising the law's child tax credit?
He did: Bill Huizenga was a yes on H.Res. 1156 on April 16, 2026, adopted 219 to 207, a resolution that hails the law for measures that "permanently expand the child tax credit." Columbia's estimate is that the credit still falls short for one in four children in Michigan's 4th District because their parents' earnings are too low.
Last updated: 2026-10-27