The Yays are 50, the days of 49, the bill as amended is passed.

It took Joe Biden about half of his first 100 days in office to lodge the first legacy

defining achievement of his presidency.

This plan puts us on a path to beating the virus.

Last Saturday, Senate Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

Almost exactly as Biden proposed it, without a single Republican vote.

This plan gives those families who are struggling the most to help in the breathing room they

need to get through this moment.

This plan gives small businesses in this country a fighting chance to survive.

The House of Representatives followed suit on Wednesday and on Thursday, Biden signed

it into law.

And one more thing, this plan is historic.

Taken all together, this plan is going to make it possible to cut child poverty in half.

Most of you listening probably know the big top lines by now, that the bill extends

pandemic unemployment benefits until September.

Issues $1,400 checks to the vast majority of Americans, salvages state municipal budgets,

and devotes billions of dollars to vaccinating people against coronavirus and helping schools

reopen safely.

The bill's other provisions have received less attention, but they help explain why all

factions of the party are so satisfied.

It increases affordable care act subsidies to make health insurance more affordable for

people on the individual market, and it offers to pay GOP run states to expand Medicaid.

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