Bill O'Reilly here, Monday, March 8, 2021.

You are listening to the O'Reilly update.

Here's what's happening today in America.

Democrats pass another COVID stimulus package.

The president signs a vague executive order on voting rights.

Minneapolis bracing for the first trial in the killing of George Floyd.

Pope Francis visits Iraq.

The executive channel Newsmax loses half its audience.

Also ahead, does President Biden understand how far left he has gone?

But first, the Senate narrowly approving the $1.9 trillion spending proposal.

The plan includes direct payments of $1,400 for millions of Americans and extends unemployment

insurance through the summer.

States A vast sections of the bill have absolutely nothing to do with COVID.

And the vote was along party lines, not one Republican supported the spending measure.

President Biden issuing an executive order to expand voting rights.

New rules include election education for people in prison.

Examines possible barriers to citizens with physical disabilities.

This ballot tracking for Americans overseas.

There are no direct orders, just suggestions.

The Minnesota National Guard deploying the Minneapolis as the city prepares for the trial

of Derek Shavin, former police officer who faces second-degree murder charges in George

Floyd's death.

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