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Fact Check: Gillibrand Attacks Biden On 1981 'Deterioration Of The Family' Op-Ed

The quote does originate with a position Biden took on the child care tax credit in the 1980s and an op-ed he wrote back then — but there's a more complicated story than Gillibrand conveyed.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York questioned former Vice President Joe Biden about his past comments concerning the child care tax credit during the second night of the Democratic primary debates in Detroit.

Updated at 1:13 a.m. ET

Wednesday night, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand blasted Joe Biden for a 1980s position on the child care tax credit and a comment he wrote about the "deterioration of the family."

Here's what Gillibrand said:

"I want to address the vice president directly. When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care, he wrote an op-ed. He voted against it, the only vote. But, when

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