The House vote on the stimulus bill
1 big thing
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🗓️ 26 February 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Welcome to Exios today. It's Friday, February 26th. I'm Naila Buddha. |
| 0:09.0 | Here's how we're making you smarter today. How your Fitbit might be the fastest way to detect COVID. |
| 0:14.0 | Plus, a new look at the Civil Rights Activism of Billy Holiday. |
| 0:18.0 | But first, the house vote on the next stimulus bill is today's one big thing. |
| 0:24.0 | It's Friday and we wanted to wrap up the week in Washington. So Exios White House |
| 0:33.0 | and Congressional reporter Alina Treen is joining us to talk about the upcoming stimulus vote |
| 0:38.0 | and the next package lawmakers are already turning their attention to. Alina, good morning. |
| 0:43.0 | Is this finally the day that we could talk about a vote on the next stimulus package? |
| 0:50.0 | It is finally the day. I feel like half the time I come on here with you now, |
| 0:56.0 | we're discussing stimulus and another coronavirus relief package. |
| 1:00.0 | But we will see some real substantial movement in Congress today on this issue. |
| 1:06.0 | The house is expected to vote on and pass Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue plan. |
| 1:14.0 | And of course, that doesn't mean that this is the bill that is actually going to be signed into law. |
| 1:19.0 | There's a good chance that some of what is in this bill now and what the final bill looks like |
| 1:23.0 | will be different from the version that we're seeing currently. |
| 1:26.0 | Are Democrats also talking about using the process of reconciliation to pass the next big legislative deal, |
| 1:34.0 | which is having to do with infrastructure? |
| 1:36.0 | They are. There's already a ton of talk about what the next package will look like |
| 1:42.0 | while they're going to go about dealing with it in such a divided Congress. |
| 1:47.0 | Infrastructure is a massive mammoth of a bill. |
| 1:50.0 | It's something that Joe Biden wants to accomplish a ton in for massive bills like that. |
| 1:55.0 | It's really hard to get pure bipartisanship on. |
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