A group of Senate Democrats is pushing President Joe Biden not to give up on the child tax credit after Biden said he thought hed be unable to revive the monthly child allowance program.

The IRS paid most American parents as much as $300 per child from July through December last year. Democrats intended to continue the benefits as part of the Build Back Better Act, but the legislation stalled after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he wouldnt vote for it.

Democrats are now picking up the broken pieces of the legislation and trying to figure out what can pass as part of a new, smaller bill. The senators said in their letter that Biden should bring back the child tax credit as the centerpiece of the legislation.

Nearly 9 in 10 American children benefitted from these payments, which enabled their families to afford rent, put food on the table, and pay for child care so their parents and caregivers could stay in the workforce, Sens. Michael Bennet (Colo.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Cory Booker (N.J.), Raphael Warnock (Ga.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) said in the letter.