In North Carolina's 3rd District, 56,000 children are too poor for the full child tax credit under a law Greg Murphy voted for. Columbia University's poverty center puts that at 37% of the district's children. The credit phases in with parents' earnings. Murphy's final vote for the law came on July 3, 2025.
The law also grew the child care tax credit, yet left it nonrefundable. A family earning under $30,000 gains nothing. Nine months after the law passed, Murphy joined a 219-to-207 House majority hailing its child tax credit.
Greg Murphy's Votes on Family Tax Credits
- The Law Murphy Voted For Keeps More Than a Quarter of American Children From the Full Credit. Murphy was a yes as the House gave final approval to H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025, 218 to 214. In May, his vote was part of a one-vote House margin, 215 to 214. He went on to vote for H.Res. 1156 on April 16, 2026. It credits the law with steps that "permanently expand the child tax credit." The phase-in rules stayed. So "more than 1 in 4 children (28%) under age 17 will be ineligible for the full Child Tax Credit," Columbia's Center on Poverty and Social Policy projects. Two parents raising two kids must earn at least $41,500 to collect it all. Another provision "strips the Child Tax Credit from the approximately 2.6 million or more children" when no parent listed on the return has a work-authorized Social Security number, the National Immigration Law Center reports.
- Murphy Voted for a Child Care Credit Worth Nothing to Families Under $30,000. Murphy's July 2025 vote enlarged the child and dependent care credit. The credit stays nonrefundable. It cannot pay out more than a family owes in income tax. From 2026, "families making less than $30,000 won't benefit at all," says the National Women's Law Center. The group points to a recent analysis finding that just 8.5 percent of families with kids see a bigger credit. Nearly four-fifths of the gain goes to middle- and upper-income families.
Which North Carolina Families Lose Out Under the Law Greg Murphy Voted For
- More than a third of children in North Carolina's 3rd District miss the full credit. Columbia's poverty center counts about 56,000 children in North Carolina's 3rd District, or 37%, whose parents' pay is too low to collect the whole credit. The share in the district is higher than the statewide share.
- 670,000 North Carolina children fall short of the full credit. Across North Carolina, the law leaves about 670,000 children, 31%, below the earnings line for the full credit, the Columbia study found.
- CBPP, in June 2025, counted 43,000 North Carolina parents of teenagers at risk of losing SNAP. Parents whose youngest child has turned 14 now fall under SNAP's work rules. When the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ran the Senate Agriculture Committee's June 2025 version of that rule, 43,000 North Carolina parents were at risk of losing food aid in a typical month.
Frequently Asked Questions About Greg Murphy on Child care and families
What is Greg Murphy's record on child care and families under Trump?
Greg Murphy voted for a 2025 law that keeps 56,000 children in North Carolina's 3rd District from the full child tax credit and offers families under $30,000 nothing from its child care credit. His May 2025 vote decided the House version. Then, in April 2026, Murphy's vote went to a resolution that lauds the law's credit.
Did Greg Murphy vote to praise the child tax credit in 2026?
Greg Murphy did, on April 16, 2026, when H.Res. 1156 passed 219 to 207. The resolution celebrates the law's child tax credit as a permanent expansion. Back home, 37% of children in his district cannot get the full amount, Columbia's poverty center estimates.
Did Greg Murphy vote to cut off the child tax credit for kids whose parents lack Social Security numbers?
Greg Murphy voted for that rule on July 3, 2025, as part of the final law. The National Immigration Law Center counts about 2.6 million children who lose the credit because neither parent on the return holds a work-eligible Social Security number.
Last updated: 2026-10-27