That funding expires at midnight, pulling a lifeline from more than 220,000 providers about 80 percent of all child care centers across the country.
Parents simply cannot afford to pay the true cost of providing care, and providers can't afford to earn any less.
Democrats have proposed committing $16 billion per year for the next five years to prop up child care providers, but with no Republican co-sponsors it's unlikely to pass.
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