Statement from Mayor Emanuel Commending Illinois House Passage of Legislation Doubling the Earned Income Tax Credit for Working Families

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On behalf of Chicago’s working families and single mothers, I want to thank the Illinois House for doubling the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) from 5% to 10%.  The EITC is the single most pro-family and pro-work tax cut there is and I am grateful for the bipartisan support for this much deserved tax relief for Illinois’ working families.