Ivanka Trump Meets With Congress to Pretend That Her Father Cares About Children

Bloomberg reports on Ivanka Trump's first foray into policymaking: Members of the House and Senate met with the president’s eldest daughter in the Roosevelt Room at the White House last week to discuss her proposed child care tax benefit, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting....It’s not clear whether Ivanka Trump is finding much appetite on Capitol Hill for her proposal. A deduction for child care expenses is both costly and regressive because it would favor wealthier families...