What's happening with the stimulus?

Explain It to Me

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🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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White House reporter Ella Nilsen joins Matt and Dara to talk about the current state of the Covid-19 relief bill, and the implications of the debate for both Congress and the Biden Administration. Plus, research on the correlation between SNAP benefit timing and college entrance exam scores. Resources: "The Senate vote-a-rama gets Democrats closer to approving Covid-19 relief on their own" by Li Zhou & Ella Nilsen, Vox (Feb. 4, 2021) "The Biden stimulus is admirably ambitious. But it brings some risks, too." by Larry Summers, Washington Post (Feb. 4, 2021) White paper Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica Ella Nilsen (@ella_nilsen), White House reporter, Vox Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.0	Looks like dark matter.
0:51.0	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:54.0	I'm Matthew Glacias here today with Eleonielsen and ProPublica's Darrylind.
0:59.0	We're going to talk about the stimulus plan that is working its way into Congress.
1:05.0	We interviewed Molly Reynolds last week to tell us about the intricacies of the budget reconciliation process.
1:13.0	But that was theory.
1:15.0	We are now seeing practice.
1:17.0	Eleon, can you tell us what where are they at in this process right now?
1:22.0	What is happening?
1:24.0	There's $1.9 trillion and a bunch of subplans are getting written?
1:30.0	Right now, basically, what's happening is how Democrats actually released their version of Biden's plan yesterday.
1:39.0	It already looks slightly different than the original plan.
1:43.0	So, basically, while the Senate is tied up with Donald Trump's second impeachment this week,
1:49.0	how Democrats are moving forward with the budget reconciliation process on their side after we had a bunch of stuff happen last week with Voterama in the Senate, which is this very long amendments process.
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