truth be told, he doesn t have the to do much selling. there s strong support, bipartisan support for the bill. 61% in favor. cnn s lauren fox live on capitol hill. lauren, what is the timing of the historic vote today? in just a little over an hour, we expect the final debate to be begin in the house of representatives over this $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. after about two hours of debate they ll hold that final vote or that is our expectation this morning. democratic leaders confident that they have the democratic votes they will need to pass this piece of legislation. they don t expect a single republican vote, despite the fact it has more than 60% approval in the latest cnn poll of the american people. now this bill includes a lot of things that are going to make life easier for americans. $1400 direct checks for people making $75,000 or less. more money for vaccine distribution. more money for small businesses. more money to get kids back in the classrooms after th
that is up 48% from a year ago. the president just tweeted that tomorrow he will meet with the chinese vice premier at the white house. good. but at the same time, larry kudlow, his chief economic adviser said his short-term deal is not off the table. so what they really want is a course correction from the chinese and you re not going to get it this week. they re looking at a president who is facing re-election, who is having trouble at home with an impeachment inquiry at home and maybe they re looking into who could be a president after him or maybe they re waiting for the second term of a trump presidency to try to hammer this out. they have their own internal issues. the kind of things americans want them to do is to change the way they do business. so you ve got a real culture clash here in how these two different economies operate. and the fact that the president is meeting with the vice
40 years so you are not going to rattle joe biden. chris: vice president biden and congressman paul ryan trying to set tax increases ahead of their debate on thursday. i don t know how important it is terms who is actually going to win. i have to say i m really looking forward to the ryan-biden debate. on one hand an old school liberal and a young gun conservative. i think it will be a real culture clash. kim, what do you expect? i think what you just said, what joe biden had going for him when barack obama went into the debate expectations were huge he was going to mop the floor with romney. joe biden does not have a high expectations problem. people think of him as the gaffe guy. i think that underestimates joe biden. what paul ryan said is true he he has been doing this for 40 years and he will be on message. he has something else, is too.
40 years so you are not going to rattle joe biden. chris: vice president biden and congressman paul ryan trying to set tax increases ahead of their debate on thursday. i don t know how important it is terms who is actually going to win. i have to say i m really looking forward to the ryan-biden debate. on one hand an old school liberal and a young gun conservative. i think it will be a real culture clash. kim, what do you expect? i think what you just said, what joe biden had going for him when barack obama went into the debate expectations were huge he was going to mop the floor with romney. joe biden does not have a high expectations problem. people think of him as the gaffe guy. i think that underestimates joe biden. what paul ryan said is true he he has been doing this for 40 years and he will be on message.
40 years so you are not going to rattle joe biden. chris: vice president biden and congressman paul ryan trying to set tax increases ahead of their debate on thursday. i don t know how important it is terms who is actually going to win. i have to say i m really looking forward to the ryan-biden debate. on one hand an old school liberal and a young gun conservative. i think it will be a real culture clash. kim, what do you expect? i think what you just said, what joe biden had going for him when barack obama went into the debate expectations were huge he was going to mop the floor with romney. joe biden does not have a high expectations problem. people think of him as the gaffe guy. i think that underestimates joe biden. what paul ryan said is true he he has been doing this for 40 years and he will be on