West Virginians scramble to get by after Manchin kills child tax credits

Without those monthly checks 50,000 children in the state the centrist senator represents could sink into deep poverty

Last fall, Krista Greene missed a week of work after her sons were exposed to Covid and could not return to school. Greene, who manages a tutoring center and yoga studio in Charleston, West Virginia, does not receive any paid time off. Normally, she would have been worried about this loss of income. But the Greene family's budget had recently become a little more flexible, thanks to the monthly child tax credit payments that began in July 2021.

The first thing I said to my husband was, The Biden bucks are coming next week, so I won't miss any bills,'" Greene said.