Groups advocating for child care and financial relief for Ohio families urged the legislature to let proposals in the governor’s executive budget that would do just that remain in the new draft of the state operating budget.

In his biennial budget proposal, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine wants to create a $1,000 per-child tax credit for middle and low-income families. In addition to benefiting the families themselves, it would produce nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars in annual benefit to the Ohio economy, according to an analysis released on Monday.

Senate Republicans and two independents blocked a bipartisan tax package Thursday that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and revived tax breaks for some business activities.

New polling shows voters in Ohio and other states spotlighted in the presidential election as “battleground states” want to hear plans to improve child care as part of candidate campaigns.

Families gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday to “make a fuss for babies,” who they believe are being left behind by lawmakers who direct only a fraction of U.S. resources to young children.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday that his agency is “poised to move quickly” on a bipartisan tax bill that would temporarily expand the child tax credit and revive several corporate tax breaks.

The bipartisan tax package passed by the U.S. House last month is not a done deal, but the proposal’s supporters say it could restore some poverty-reducing benefits that reached millions under the pandemic-era child tax credit expansion.

Leading members of Congress released a bipartisan, bicameral tax proposal Tuesday, promising a middle-path deal to help low-income families and provide incentives for businesses as Trump-era tax breaks expire.