And good evening.

In less than 24 hours, House Democrats and only House Democrats are likely to pass that

nearly $2 trillion COVID relief bill, which contains money to battle the virus, but also

for low-income Americans still struggling to earn a paycheck and to pay for healthcare.

Shortly after its pass, the president will not only sign it, he'll begin a sales pitch

with a prime time speech before the nation this Thursday night.

A new poll released today suggests Americans, even beyond those who voted for the president,

may be receptive to his pitch, Pew Research found that 70% favored the bill back by President

Biden, which, again, is unlikely to draw a single Republican vote in either Chamber

of Congress.

What's striking about that fact is that, again, according to Pew, about 41% of Republican

voters say they support the bill.

Bill Republican leaders say they'll not vote for in part because they feel left out of

the process.

And it didn't have to be this way.

We could have had a bill that was a fraction of the cost of this one that could have gotten

bipartisan approval and support, but the speaker decided to go in another direction.

Now, there certainly can be legitimate reasons not to like this current relief bill, just

like there were legitimate reasons for Republicans and Democrats didn't like the last relief

bill, which passed in December and cost $900 billion.

Feeling left out of the process was listed as a reason then, too, few leaders making decisions

without significant input from members and the whole thing feeling rushed.

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