If Democrats can get their “Build Back Better” package across the finish line, the child-care and pre-K provisions would be arguably the greatest victory for American families in several generations.
Almost exactly 50 years later, the nation once again stands on the precipice of revolutionizing its child-care system. With bipartisan support, Congress passed the Comprehensive Child Development Act-which would have created a publicly funded, state-run program with parent payments on a sliding scale of affordability- but President Richard Nixon vetoed it. In 1971, the United States came within a pen stroke of having a functional child-care system.
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