Coming To The American Rescue
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 8 March 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Senate Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion economic relief bill on Saturday, without any support from Republicans. The final bill pared back some elements of the House's version, including a minimum wage hike. Still, it's a massive cash infusion for low and middle income Americans, and could cut child poverty in half by some estimate.
Yesterday was the 56th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," where civil rights activists dared to cross the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama and were met with extreme violence from police. Biden marked the day by signing an executive order aimed at expanding voting access.
And in headlines: lawmakers call for Andrew Cuomo's resignation following additional allegations of sexual harassment, Swiss voters approve burqa ban, and a look at vaccination passports.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, March 8th. I'm Keela Hughes. |
| 0:08.6 | And I'm Gideon Resseck and this is what a day we're like, Megan Marco. |
| 0:11.2 | We never Googled each other before meeting his house. |
| 0:13.7 | Yeah, I just assumed that Gideon was a royal. |
| 0:16.1 | I've been very disappointed ever since. |
| 0:25.4 | On today's show, the future of the filibuster and voting rights reform, |
| 0:28.8 | and some headlines. |
| 0:30.1 | What first, the latest? |
| 0:36.0 | The years are 50. |
| 0:39.1 | The days are 49. |
| 0:40.9 | The bill as amended is... |
| 0:50.0 | Ah, yeah, everybody. We did it. |
| 0:52.5 | It's been a long time coming, but they finally did something in the Congress. |
| 0:56.4 | So that clip was the moment the Senate passed the $1.9 trillion economic relief bill on Saturday |
| 1:01.9 | in a 50-49 vote with no Republicans voting in favor. |
| 1:05.0 | It took a 24-hour plus session to get it done with various holdouts along the way. |
| 1:09.4 | Next, the house must pass the new bill before it goes to President Biden's desk |
| 1:12.8 | where it'll be signed in the coming day. |
| 1:14.4 | So we are one really, really, really big step closer, but Gideon, |
| 1:17.9 | let's start with what's in this bill and how different it is from the House version. |
| 1:21.4 | Yeah, so it's pretty close to the House bill, but with a few important exceptions. |
| 1:25.6 | First, one of the more glaring absences was the $15 minimum wage hike. |
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