benefits, increased child tax credits, additional money for vaccines, reopening schools, farms, health care. and the list goes on. now, this measure is already reaping benefits. american airlines is crediting the bill with saving 27,000 jobs. mississippi senator roger wickerbrags, independent restaurant operates have won $28.6 billion of targeted relief. this fund willing ensure that small businesses can survive the pandemic. now, you would be correct in noting senator wicker is a republican. you would also be correct in noting that he was a republican that voted against the bill. you all did. you would be correct in noting that senator wicker is taking a sort of credit for help that he voted against providing. and you would be correct in including, that s pretty messed up. so the president s first prime-time address comes as the pandemic crosses the one-year mark. more than 10% of americans are now fully vaccinated and nearly 20% of americans have received their first shot
he spoke about its passage a little while ago. update our viewers. reporter: wolf, it was the top priority from the day president biden set foot in the oval office 50 days ago. and when he speaks to the nation tomorrow night in his first primetime address he says he is going to talk about the next phase of the covid recovery process, the next phase where the backbone of it will be the legislative victory he just secured. help is on the way. reporter: tonight on day 50 for president joe biden the first mission accomplished. this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. reporter: the house passing biden s number one priority, the sweeping $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. and biden planning to sign it into law on friday. we have passed historic, consequential and transformative legislation. reporter: the bill broadly popular nationwide with 61% supporting the measure according to a cnn/ssrs poll and 66% saying the bill will help the eco
Fourteen states now provide Child Tax Credits to reduce poverty, boost economic security, and invest in children. This year alone, lawmakers in three states created new Child Tax Credits while lawmakers in seven states expanded existing credits. To maximize impact, lawmakers should consider making their credits fully refundable, not including an earnings requirement, setting a maximum amount per child instead of per household, setting state-specific phase-out ranges that target low- and middle-income families, indexing to inflation, and offering the option of advanced payments.
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of the risk, or is this something that has more concern lately. this is a re-examination of the risk which is appropriate. i think one keymessage is you absolutely should get boosted if you got the j&j single dose. we re seeing the j&j vaccine is not holding up as well. if you re two months out from your johnson and johnson shot, you really want a full protection against the variant. thank you very much. an angry outburst. the final tax credit payments are out. and future checks are now raising questions on the hill. i ll talk to congresswoman debby dangle about it. dangle about it.