speak to their state transportation departments, governors to get a list of infrastructure priorities. congressional democrats want to cram more in there than just bridges, roads and trains. the budget chairman told the hill the next reconciliation bill will likely combine infrastructure, healthcare and more as some colleagues are pushing to pass other priorities like immigration reform through reconciliation. that is the procedural tool that democrats used to pass the covid bill without republican support. it s unclear if those types of initiatives could get through the process. some could argue they re not tied to the budget. we re not there yet anyway. republicans expressed willingness to work with democrats on infrastructure, which is the biggest focus. this bold action is ours. if we want to work with republicans, we will. where we can we will. we will not be deterred from big bold action when we can t work with them. the white house sees the infrastructure as a way
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we really, it s all from the coach really. i ll take credit for almost all of it. pep talk, you know. that is the first thing you ve said to me that i do not believe. you re a wise, wise man, lawrence o donnell. and we will leave it there, rachel. yes, we shall. thank you, rachel. well, tonight in his first prime time address to the nation president joe biden announced that everyone in this country age 18 and above will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. may 1st, that s it. you will have your appointment by may 1st if not already have the vaccine in your arm. president biden said this goal is to allow people to be able his goal is to allow people to be able to gather in small groups on july 4th to celebrate our independence and to celebrate our independence from the coronavirus. today was the triumphant high point of the biden presidency so far with house speaker nancy pelosi delivering the biden covid relief bill to the white house for the
that everyone in this country age 18 and above will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. may 1st. that s it. you will have your appointment by may 1st if not already have the vaccine in your arm. president bide ensaid this goal is to allow people to be able to his goal is to allow people to be able to gather in small groups on july 4th to celebrate our independence and to celebrate our independence from the coronavirus. today was the triumphant high point of the biden presidency so far with house speaker nancy pelosi delivering the biden covid relief bill to the white house for the president s signature one day earlier than expected. signing the bill into law today means relief checks of $1,400 could be flowing into people s accounts as early as this weekend. people can expect to start seeing direct deposits hit their bank accounts as early as this weekend. president biden stepped up to the microphone in the east room of the white house tonight to tell
welcome to friday. it is meet the press daily. president biden is preparing for a rose garden event this afternoon with the vice president, democratic leaders in attendance. this is the fourth or fifth time we had some sort of event marking the passage of this bill, the senate, the house, the signing last night and then this signing today. his remarks will come after prime time address last night after he laid out a series of goals and promises to defeat the virus and get life back to some semblance of normalcy. the president is planning to tout the relief package he signed into law and the various elements believes will sell well to the public. the white house is also con fronting the challenge of everything else because they got to decide now what. covid was job one, two and three for this new president. they have an agenda beyond covid. the president and vice president are planning to hit the road next week to sell the massive covid relief package to the public after it pa