president biden. unlikely to draw republicans vote in chamber. 40% say she support the bill they support the bill. but republicans felt they were left out of the process. it didn t have to be this way. could have got bipartisan approval and support but the speaker decided to go in another direction. f now, there certainly can be legitimate reasons not to like this current relief bill like there were legitimate reasons republicans and democrats didn t like the last one. 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 feeling rushed but it passed by wide margins it passed because the whole out weighed the individual parts people didn t like. 359 votes in the democratic controlled house and 92 in the republican senate. it was largely bipartisan, same with the first major covid relief package that cost nearly a year ago, the one that cost
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vaccinated can hug grandkids who have not. the rules don t go far enough for some. the airline industry which today pushed back on cdc guidance that recommends even the vaccinated avoid travel. every time there is a surge in travel, we have a surge of cases in this country. many of our variants have emerged from international places and we know the travel corridor is a place where people are mixing a lot. the guidelines state that people including those fully vaccinated should continue to wear a mask. today wyoming s governor joined those in texas and miss issippi announcing an end to the mask mandate. in an interview with politico dr. fauci can see the hamask mandate for those vaccinated pulled off soon but not this soon. the house is expected to pass a $2 trillion covid relief bill that contains money for vaccinations and schools and low income americans, children, the unemployed and make health care coverage more affordable. bernie sanders can join us to talk about tha
case in point, the airline industry which today pushed back on cdc guidance that recommends even the vaccinated avoid travel. this was the cdc director s explanation for why. every time there is a surge in travel, we have a surge of cases in this country. we know that many of our variants have emerged from international places and we know that the travel corridor is a place where people are mixing a lot. the guidelines state that people including those fully vaccinated should continue to wear a mask. today wyoming s governor joined those in texas and mississippi announcing an end to the mask mandate. and that bars, gyms, and other businesses can re-open. in an interview with politico dr. fauci can see the mask mandate for those vaccinated pulled off gradually. soon but not yet. the house is expected to pass a $2 trillion covid relief bill that contains money for vaccinations and schools and low income americans, children, the unemployed, and to make health care coverage m
To what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the associate editor of the times, Anne Ashworth and the playwright and writer in the new european, bonnie greer. The sunday telegraph claims that the Prime Minister has been has been warned by mps not to retreat from a pledge to take back control of british laws from brussels post brexit. The sunday times meanwhile says that a member of the labour party has died after apparently taking his own life amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The mail on sunday alleges that there are links between Boris Johnson and Michael Goves bid to persuade theresa may to take a tougher stance on brexit and a russian tycoon. And finally the sunday express reports that Meghan Markle is being guarded by Royal Protection officers as the palace prepares to announce her engagement to prince harry. Let us begin our review today. The mail on sunday, its all about michael gove and Boris Johnson, probably the two leading brexiteers. They wrote a letter