The One Big Beautiful Bill Act raises the child tax credit's top amount but keeps phasing it in with earnings, so the children of parents who earn the least get only part of it, and Brad Knott, who represents North Carolina's 13th District, voted for the law on July 3, 2025; in his district, Columbia's poverty researchers put the number of children left short of the full credit at 49,000, or 28%.
The same law enlarges the child and dependent care credit without making it refundable, so families earning under $30,000 get nothing from it. Knott added a yes on April 16, 2026 for H.Res. 1156, which credits the law with a permanent expansion of the child tax credit.
Brad Knott's Votes on the Child Tax Credit and Child Care Credit
- Knott Voted for a Child Tax Credit That Still Phases In With Earnings, Leaving 28% of Children Short of the Full Amount. Knott's July 3, 2025 yes helped pass the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 218-214, and in May his vote had helped the House version clear 215-214. Then, on April 16, 2026, he cast a yes for H.Res. 1156, which praised the law for steps that "permanently expand the child tax credit." Because the earnings phase-in stayed, "more than 1 in 4 children (28%) under age 17 will be ineligible for the full Child Tax Credit," the Columbia poverty center estimates, and a married couple with two children has to earn at least $41,500 to get all of it. A new requirement also "strips the Child Tax Credit from the approximately 2.6 million or more children" nationwide whose parents on the return lack a work-authorized Social Security number, per the National Immigration Law Center.
- A Nonrefundable Child Care Credit, Passed With Knott's Yes, Gives Families Under $30,000 Nothing. The law Knott voted for made the child and dependent care tax credit bigger without making it refundable, which means it can only reduce income tax a family owes, and a family with little or no tax bill gets little or nothing. When the change takes effect in 2026, "families making less than $30,000 won't benefit at all," the National Women's Law Center found, and only 8.5 percent of families with children will get a larger credit, with middle- and higher-income families collecting almost 80 percent of the benefit, according to an analysis the center cites.
What the Family Tax Credits Brad Knott Voted For Mean for North Carolina Children
- 49,000 children in North Carolina's 13th District miss the full child tax credit because their families earn too little. Under the law, 28% of children in North Carolina's 13th District, about 49,000, live in families whose earnings are too low to receive the whole credit, by the Columbia center's estimate, up from 25%, or 43,000, under the rules before the law. Those parents get a partial credit or none while higher earners collect the whole $2,200 per child.
- 670,000 North Carolina children are left short of the full credit statewide. Statewide, the Columbia center estimates 31% of North Carolina children, about 670,000, are in families that earn too little for the full credit under the law, up from 27% before it, which leaves the families with the tightest budgets the smallest share of the money.
Frequently Asked Questions About Brad Knott on Child care and families
What is Brad Knott's record on child care and families under Trump?
Brad Knott voted in July 2025 for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and its child tax credit misses the full amount for 28% of children nationally and 49,000 in North Carolina's 13th District, since their parents' earnings are too low. Its child care credit stays nonrefundable, so families making under $30,000 get no help from it. Knott returned in April 2026 to vote for H.Res. 1156, a resolution that celebrates the child tax credit in that law.
How does the child tax credit Brad Knott voted for work for a low-wage family in North Carolina?
Under the law Brad Knott voted for, the child tax credit grows with a family's earnings until it reaches the $2,200-per-child maximum, so a North Carolina parent earning modest wages gets only a portion. The Columbia center calculates that a two-parent, two-child household needs $41,500 in income before the whole credit kicks in, and 31% of North Carolina children live in families earning too little to get the full credit.
How does Brad Knott's child care tax credit vote play out for a North Carolina family paying for day care?
The law Brad Knott voted for enlarges the child care credit, but because it only offsets income tax owed, a North Carolina family earning less than $30,000 gets nothing from it. Families that do benefit get an average of $890, though the credit can reach $3,000, the National Women's Law Center reported.
How did Brad Knott vote on the 2026 resolution praising the child tax credit?
Brad Knott voted for H.Res. 1156 on April 16, 2026, which passed 219 to 207 and says the law will "permanently expand the child tax credit." The law it praises leaves 49,000 children in his district short of the full credit and, by the National Immigration Law Center's estimate, cuts off about 2.6 million children nationwide whose parents lack a work-eligible Social Security number.
Last updated: 2026-10-27