Columbia's poverty researchers count 49,000 children in Ohio's 15th District, or 28%, who cannot get the whole child tax credit under the law Mike Carey voted for. Low parental earnings are the reason. His aye on that law came July 3, 2025.
On April 16, 2026, nine months later, Carey also said yea to H.Res. 1156, a House resolution celebrating the bigger credit. The law also raised the child care credit without making it refundable. Families below $30,000 get nothing from it.
Mike Carey's Votes on the Child Tax Credit and Child Care
- Carey Voted for a Child Tax Credit That 28% of Children Cannot Fully Claim. Roll call 190, July 3, 2025: final passage, 218 to 214. Mike Carey voted aye. In May his yea helped the House draft squeak through, 215 to 214. Roll call 121, April 16, 2026: H.Res. 1156 adopted. Carey voted yea. The resolution cheered provisions that "permanently expand the child tax credit." Earnings still gate the credit. Columbia's Center on Poverty and Social Policy: "more than 1 in 4 children (28%) under age 17 will be ineligible for the full Child Tax Credit,". Two parents with two kids need $41,500 or more in income to collect it all. Separately, the law "strips the Child Tax Credit from the approximately 2.6 million or more children" whose parents have no Social Security number that permits work, by the National Immigration Law Center's count.
- Carey Voted for a Child Care Tax Break That Skips Families Under $30,000. Carey's July 2025 aye enlarged the child and dependent care credit. It stayed nonrefundable. Parents with small or no income tax bills see little or no benefit. Per the National Women's Law Center, "families making less than $30,000 won't benefit at all," when the change starts in 2026. The group also found only 8.5 percent of families with kids get a larger credit. Nearly 80 percent of the money flows to the middle and top.
What Mike Carey's Votes Mean for Children in Ohio's 15th District
- Ohio's 15th District has 49,000 children locked out of the full child tax credit. Columbia's figures for Ohio's 15th District: 49,000 children, 28%, locked out of the full credit. Across Ohio the count is 698,000 children, 29%. Their families earn too little to collect the whole amount.
- 81,100 children in Ohio's 15th District are on Medicaid. There are 81,100 children enrolled in Medicaid in Ohio's 15th District, by KFF's 2025 tally. Ohio's federal Medicaid funds drop $32.6 billion over ten years under the law. Kids' checkups, shots and specialist visits run on those dollars.
- Low-wage Ohio parents get nothing from the new child care credit. Nationwide, families that do benefit from the child care credit get an average of $890, the National Women's Law Center found, though the credit can reach $3,000. Parents earning under $30,000, in Ohio as in every state, get nothing.
Frequently Asked Questions About Mike Carey on Child care and families
What is Mike Carey's record on child care and families under Trump?
Mike Carey cast an aye for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and Columbia researchers find 28% of children in Ohio's 15th District miss its full child tax credit. The law's child care credit skips families under $30,000. In April 2026, Carey voted for H.Res. 1156, which celebrated the child tax credit.
Did Mike Carey vote for a child tax credit that leaves out low-income kids?
Yes. Mike Carey voted for a credit that a two-parent, two-child family can claim in full only with at least $41,500 in income. Columbia researchers estimate 28% of children nationwide fall short. In his district, the figure is 49,000 children.
Did Mike Carey vote for the 2026 resolution praising the child tax credit?
Yes. Mike Carey voted yea on April 16, 2026 for H.Res. 1156, which passed 219 to 207. It credited the law with steps to "permanently expand the child tax credit." That credit still leaves 698,000 Ohio children without the full amount.
Last updated: 2026-10-27