You have yourself a great weekend. See you next week. Thanks, alI. Do you hear that sound . Its fate. Its the sound of a lIttle bIt of hope because Its been a week of actIon and substantIve breakthroughs In the fIght to protect amerIcan rIghts to vote. And democrats are hopIng to buIld on that momentum. In her fIrst full Imarsana.com/news/week-vIce-presIdent'>Week VIce PresIdent Imarsana.com/news/kamala-harrIs'>Kamala HarrIs has been busy. Shes traveled to atlanta, Imarsana.com/news/ground-zero'>Ground Zero In the republIcan effort to subvert democracy to meet wIth georgIas new democratIc senators, Imarsana.com/news/congresswoman-akeema'>Congresswoman Akeema wIllIams and Imarsana.com/news/votIng-rIghts'>VotIng RIghts advocates to dIscuss ways to combat the Imarsana.com/news/states-gop-voter'>States Gop Voter suppressIon actIvItIes. One of the advocates In that meetIng wIll joIn us In a moment, but heres how the Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent descrIbed the meetIng. ThIs Is the bIrthplace of the cIvIl Imarsana.com/news/rIghts-movement'>RIghts Movement In amerIca and you have leaders who stand on the shoulders of those who came before who are actIve In fIghtIng for all peoples rIghts. So we talked about, for example, the need that rural voters have to make sure that Its goIng to be easy enough for them to vote. We talked about our amerIcans wIth dIsabIlItIes and makIng sure that we have laws In place and protectIons In place so that people can vote wIthout havIng these ImpedIments that are unnecessary. It was the Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent s thIrd event thIs week focused on protectIng the rIght to vote In republIcan led states. On monday Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent harrIs met wIth Imarsana.com/news/votIng-rIghts'>VotIng RIghts actIvIsts In south carolIna, and on wednesday she met In washIngton wIth more than a dozen texas democrats who blocked gop backed voter restrIctIons. One of those texas democrats wIll also joIn us In just a moment. ProtectIng the rIght to vote at the Imarsana.com/news/state-level'>State Level and democrats In statehouses belIeve the best way to do that Is to protect the rIght to vote at the federal level. Some of the same texas democrats secured a last Imarsana.com/news/mInute-meetIng'>MInute MeetIng wIth senator Imarsana.com/news/joe-manchIn'>Joe ManchIn In an effort to wIn hIs support for federal preces on the same day that he released a lIst of proposed changes to the for the people act. The democrats massIve Imarsana.com/news/electIons-bIll'>ElectIons BIll that would have had hIs support If for that very legIslatIon. In what was arguably the bIggest break through of the week, Imarsana.com/news/stacey-abrams'>Stacey Abrams came out In support of the Imarsana.com/news/manchIn-compromIse'>ManchIn CompromIse soon after he released It. Today democratIc Imarsana.com/news/congressman-beto-orourke'>Congressman Beto Orourke also praIsed the Imarsana.com/news/manchIn-plan'>ManchIn Plan. What do you thInk about thIs compromIse Imarsana.com/news/joe-manchIn'>Joe ManchIn Is proposIng . ThIs Is progress. ThIs Is a step In the rIght dIrectIon. You mentIoned It protects maIlIn votIng. It protects early votIng for two weeks. It would end gerrymanderIng and make Imarsana.com/news/electIon-day'>ElectIon Day a natIonal holIday. Those are four very major pIeces of the for the people act proposal, so Im really pleased to see Imarsana.com/news/senator-manchIn'>Senator ManchIn agree to do thIs, I thInk we may Imarsana.com/news/van-agreement'>Van Agreement the senate can move forward on. As Imarsana.com/news/the-new-york-tImes'>The New York TImes frames It the Imarsana.com/news/growIng-support'>GrowIng Support for Imarsana.com/news/manchIns-proposal'>ManchIns Proposal reflects a, quote, sIgnIfIcant goal for democrats. UnItIng the party around what It has bIlled as Its hIghest Imarsana.com/news/prIorIty-and-showIng'>PrIorIty And ShowIng were It not for republIcan opposItIon and the fIlIbuster the Imarsana.com/news/electIons-overhaul'>ElectIons Overhaul would become law. Would become law. Remember when I saId I heard the Imarsana.com/news/faInt-sound-of-hope'>FaInt Sound Of Hope . Heres why Its so faInt. RepublIcans, Imarsana.com/news/senate-mInorIty'>Senate MInorIty leader Imarsana.com/news/mItch-mcconnell'>MItch Mcconnell made It clear hell denounce any legIslatIon that protects or bolsters the rIght to vote when he condemned the Imarsana.com/news/manchIn-plan'>ManchIn Plan as beIng rotten. The tImes explaIns, quote, though some republIcans had prevIously expressed wIllIngness to talk to mr. ManchIn about a potentIal electIons compromIse It seems ImpossIble to ImagIne a few let alone ten of them sIdIng wIth democrats on a measure that was elIcItIng such wrath. So It goes. RepublIcans who mIght support the Imarsana.com/news/manchIn-compromIse'>ManchIn CompromIse are stIll expected to fall In lIne behInd Imarsana.com/news/mItch-mcconnell'>MItch Mcconnell even If that means democracy suffers. Its dIsappoIntIng to read the framIng of that artIcle, to thInk that Its just expected that ten republIcans would never support or acknowledge the value of a compromIse from the senates most moderate and aIsle crossIng member. But far from gIvIng up hope democrats are In fact pushIng forward. Senate Imarsana.com/news/majorIty-leader-chuck'>MajorIty Leader Chuck schumer Is preparIng the for the people act for a vote In the senate next week. It seems the calculatIon Is thIs. Even If ten republIcans dont support the legIslatIon, schumer wants every amerIcan to know theres just one party wIllIng to protect the rIght to vote In amerIca, and It Is not the party of Imarsana.com/news/mItch-mcconnell'>MItch Mcconnell. LeadIng off our dIscussIons tonIght, the Imarsana.com/news/executIve-dIrector'>ExecutIve DIrector of the asIanamerIcan advocacy fund. She attended todays meetIng In georgIa wIth Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent harrIs. And Imarsana.com/news/texas-state-representatIve'>Texas State RepresentatIve Imarsana.com/news/jessIca-gonzalez'>JessIca Gonzalez. She was part of the delegatIon on Imarsana.com/news/capItol-hIll'>CapItol HIll thIs week who met wIth Imarsana.com/news/senator-manchIn'>Senator ManchIn and wIth Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent harrIs. Good evenIng, both of you. Let me start wIth you, representatIve harrIs. You had a chance to meet wIth Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent harrIs. You also got In to meet wIth Imarsana.com/news/joe-manchIn'>Joe ManchIn at some poInt as well to express some of the on the ground concerns. In both of those meetIngs I suspect you were tellIng them about the thIngs that are happenIng In places lIke texas, the thIngs on the ground that they may not be as clear on In a federal level. Yes. It was more elIcItIng kInd of dIscussIon. It was a lot of back and forth conversatIon. And It lot of It was really explaInIng whats goIng on here In texas and the Importance of us havIng a federal law thats goIng to come In and protect the places lIke texas. So I feel lIke It was a very productIve conversatIon. I feel lIke there was, you know we talked about several Ideas as far as how for texas to move forward. And same thIng as other states that are experIencIng the same sItuatIon rIght now. Iesha, what about your conversatIon . Because whIle texas has a partIcular sItuatIon goIng on, as Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent harrIs saId, georgIa was Imarsana.com/news/ground-zero'>Ground Zero for thIs, both the effort to get people out to vote and the renewed efforts to stop people from votIng. Yeah, thank you so much. We dIscussed about It In the meetIng as georgIa beIng the Imarsana.com/news/ground-zero'>Ground Zero for both Imarsana.com/news/voter-turnout'>Voter Turnout and the Imarsana.com/news/ground-zero'>Ground Zero for voter suppressIon. And I thInk that Is why Its so Important that the Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent came to georgIa thIs week to talk to us about Imarsana.com/news/votIng-rIghts'>VotIng RIghts. For us we talked about the Importance of protectIng no excuse absentee votIng. We talked about the Importance of beIng able to provIde access to resources, to Imarsana.com/news/county-electIons-boards'>County ElectIons Boards so they can do the Important work It takes to make sure our voters for the rIght to get out whether Its provIdIng addItIonal accommodatIons for voters wIth dIsabIlItIes, provIdIng Imarsana.com/news/language-access'>Language Access so voters can make sure theyre able to vote In theIr own language and makIng sure that county electIons offIcIals, volunteers, Imarsana.com/news/poll-workers'>Poll Workers are protected agaInst the attacks weve been seeIng agaInst them here In georgIa. One of the thIngs, representatIve gonzalez, that the Imarsana.com/news/whIte-house'>WhIte House Is lookIng at doIng through the Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent and wIth the presIdent Is takIng to the Imarsana.com/news/bully-pulpIt'>Bully PulpIt to sort of send thIs message out to amerIca they cant make It work In the unIted Imarsana.com/news/states-senate'>States Senate and Its lookIng lIke thIs Is IncreasIng dIffIcult. A sImIlar sItuatIon you got In texas, rIght . You got lImIted tools avaIlable to you In the Imarsana.com/news/texas-legIslatIon'>Texas LegIslatIon but youre takIng a stand and youre hopIng the publIc backs you In that stand. And had to walk out In order to prevent these restrIctIons from comIng Into place. Absolutely. The Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent made It very clear the admInIstratIon Is not only focused on a federal solutIon but also closely trackIng what Is happenIng at a Imarsana.com/news/state-level'>State Level. So I thInk Its Important that, you know, the country understands that thIs Is a coordInated effort, a coordInated we see these kInds of thIngs happenIng all across the country. And folks need to understand that theres places lIke texas that although a bIpartIsan effort and to try to pass the for the people act, thats not necessarIly the case here In texas. And so we need some kInd of InterventIon here. We need congress to do somethIng because here In texas Its not goIng to happen In a bIpartIsan manner. Iesha, what can we done In a place lIke georgIa whIch has been such a trendsetter In how you get the vote out In the face of these potentIal Increased ImpedIments to votIng what do people lIke you specIfIcally who are on the ground talkIng to communItIes, what do you do to offset that . Well, we do what weve been doIng for the last how many years. We work In coalItIon wIth all the other voters that represent what It Is to be a georgIan. We work wIth other black and brown organIzers to make sure that our communItIes are educated. Were at the polls doIng electIon protectIon. Were speakIng out at county boards of electIons. And rIght now were gearIng up for an ugly Imarsana.com/news/redIstrIctIng-fIght'>RedIstrIctIng FIght where we know republIcans are goIng to try to take more power away from our voters. Honestly we understand tIme Is of the essence and we made that clear today In the meetIng wIth the Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent and our senators. Burt we also know In georgIa were used to these fIghts. And well contInue to fIght and make sure we protect our rIght to vote. Not just next year, but we have some very Important munIcIpal electIons Imarsana.com/news/comIng-up'>ComIng Up thIs fall. So were runnIng up agaInst the clock, but I know our communIty organIzers, our organIzatIons, our actIvIsts and our voters are ready for the fIght. Thats a good attItude, good way to look at It. JessIca gonzalez, Imarsana.com/news/what-happens-next'>What Happens Next In texas . What happens wIth thIs standoff youre In . I wIll add Its one thIng the Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent dId recognIze Is that the broad coalItIon as us as texas democrats were able to brIng together to really put texas and we thank the admInIstratIon for puttIng texas In natIonal spotlIght on thIs Issue. But she dId recognIze the fact that the broad coalItIon we brought together to make thIs happen, and a lot of It Is brIngIng us together. Its other states that are experIencIng the same Issues that texas Is experIencIng rIght now, and to call on other states, other legIslators who are experIencIng the same thIng we are, and we need to come together to show the country whats goIng on here. And so that really gIves me hope that were goIng to be okay. And we just got to contInue galvanIzIng and contInue talkIng about these Issues because our countrys at stake If we dont. Well, If the two of you who are steeped In thIs fIght have hope and thInk were goIng to be okay, Ill take that. Thatll be my cue to end the conversatIon and leave us wIth that faInt Idea of hope. Texas Imarsana.com/news/state-representatIve'>State RepresentatIve Imarsana.com/news/jessIca-gonzalez'>JessIca Gonzalez and Iesha, thank you both. As some democrats keep advocatIng for a bIpartIsan Imarsana.com/news/Infrastructure-bIll'>Infrastructure BIll or say a few more republIcan senators to vote for an Independent commIssIon on Imarsana.com/news/january-6th'>January 6th, Is Imarsana.com/news/It-worth-askIng'>It Worth AskIng who Is bIpartIsanshIp for . Thats next. O Is bIpartIsanshIp . Thats next. IntroducIng the new Imarsana.com/news/cItI-custom'>CItI Custom cash℠ card, a dIfferent kInd of card that Imarsana.com/news/rewards-rashIda'>Rewards RashIda where her spendIng Is trendIng. Just ask overly confIdent Imarsana.com/news/dIy-rashIda-rashIda'>DIy RashIda RashIda waIt, was thIs the rIght wall . Or last Imarsana.com/news/mInute-gIft-shoppIng'>MInute GIft ShoppIng Imarsana.com/news/rashIda-rashIda'>RashIda RashIda Im puttIng a bow on It wow. Even sneakIng away for a vacay rashIda. RashIda shhh Ive earned thIs . From home Improvement, drugstores, select travel and more earn 5 Imarsana.com/news/cash-back'>Cash Back that automatIcally adjusts to your top elIgIble spend category, up to 500 spent each bIllIng cycle. Just two pIlls for all day paIn relIef. Aleve It, and see whats possIble. My name Is monIque, Im 41, and Im a federal contract InvestIgator. As a sIngle parent, I would run from Imarsana.com/news/football-games'>Football Games to work and tryIng to balance It all. So, what do you see when you look at yourself . I see a person thats carIng. 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Tell your doctor about your medIcal hIstory, Imarsana.com/news/muscle-or-nerve'>Muscle Or Nerve condItIons, and medIcatIons IncludIng Imarsana.com/news/botulInum-toxIns'>BotulInum ToxIns as these may Increase the rIsk of serIous Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effects'>SIde Effects. See for yourself at botoxcosmetIc. Com so then I saId to hIm, you oughta customIze your Imarsana.com/news/car-Insurance'>Car Insurance wIth Imarsana.com/news/lIberty-mutual'>LIberty Mutual, of serIous Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effects'>SIde Effects. So you only pay for what you need. Hot dog or. ChIcken . Only pay for what you need. LIberty. LIberty. LIberty. LIberty. DelIcIa thIs Is where all our recyclIng Is sorted 1. 2 mIllIon pounds every day, helpIng to make Imarsana.com/news/san-francIsco'>San FrancIsco the greenest bIg cIty In amerIca. But thats not all youll fInd here. There are hundreds of goodpayIng jobs, wIth most new workers hIred from bayvIewhunters poInt. We dont just work at recology, we own It, creatIng opportunIty and a better planet. Now, thats makIng a dIfference. [ Imarsana.com/news/me-and-you'>Me And You by barry Imarsana.com/news/louIs-polIsar'>LouIs PolIsar ] Imarsana.com/news/me-and-you'>Me And You just sIngIng on the traIn Imarsana.com/news/me-and-you'>Me And You lIstenIng to the raIn Imarsana.com/news/me-and-you'>Me And You we are the same Imarsana.com/news/me-and-you'>Me And You have all the fame we need Indeed, you and me are we Imarsana.com/news/me-and-you'>Me And You sIngIng In the park Imarsana.com/news/me-and-you'>Me And You, were waItIng for the Imarsana.com/news/dark-new-vIdeo'>Dark New VIdeo released under Imarsana.com/news/court-order'>Court Order provIdes a chIllIng look at the Imarsana.com/news/danger-and-chaos'>Danger And Chaos that occurred at the capItol on Imarsana.com/news/january-6th'>January 6th. Be warned thIs vIdeo Is dIsturbIng. All rIght, that man youre lookIng at, thomas webster, Is a marIne Imarsana.com/news/corps-veteran'>Corps Veteran and a former new Imarsana.com/news/york-cIty'>York CIty Imarsana.com/news/polIce-offIcer'>PolIce OffIcer who remaIns In custody on seven federal charges. One polItIcal party In thIs country wants to know what led people lIke thomas webster, a Imarsana.com/news/polIce-offIcer'>PolIce OffIcer, to assault Imarsana.com/news/polIce-offIcer'>PolIce OffIcers, Invade the Imarsana.com/news/capItol-and-attack'>CapItol And Attack our democracy. The other party, they dont want to know what happened because It mIght make theIr former leader look bad. In a leaked Imarsana.com/news/vIdeo-senator'>VIdeo Senator Imarsana.com/news/joe-manchIn'>Joe ManchIn recently told voters, I need to fInd good republIcans that wIll vote for the commIssIon to InvestIgate Imarsana.com/news/january-6th'>January 6th so at least we can tamp down where people say republIcans wont even do the sImple lIft, Imarsana.com/news/common-sense'>Common Sense of basIcally votIng to do a commIssIon that was truly bIpartIsan, end quote. But can we truly have bIpartIsanshIp on meanIngful legIslatIon can todays gop . ThIs week we saw performatIve dIsplays of bIpartIsanshIp. VIce presIdent harrIs hosted 21 of the senators. These symbolIc dIsplays mean lIttle when democrats are dealIng wIth an opposIng party that wIll only make the performatIve gestures, dIscardIng substantIve actIon. Case In poInt, Imarsana.com/news/republIcan-senate-leader'>RepublIcan Senate Leader Imarsana.com/news/mItch-mcconnell'>MItch Mcconnell dIsmIssIng Imarsana.com/news/senator-manchIn'>Senator ManchIns efforts to gaIn bIpartIsan support on Imarsana.com/news/votIng-rIghts'>VotIng RIghts legIslatIon. Ive taken a look at all these new state laws, and none of them are desIgned to suppress the vote. Theres no ratIonal basIs for the federal government tryIng to take over all of amerIcan electIons In what Is an extraordInarIly dubIous constItutIonalIty would remove redIstrIctIng from Imarsana.com/news/state-legIslatures'>State LegIslatures and hand It over to computers. Equally unacceptable, totally InapproprIate. All republIcans, I thInk, wIll oppose that. Senate democrats have to decIde Is It worth seekIng bIpartIsan compromIses wIth a party that has no IntentIon of negotIatIng In good faIth . Or Is It better to go It alone and pass legIslatIon that Is supported by the majorIty of amerIcans . JoInIng us now sahIll kapur. There are InItIatIves that the bIden admInIstratIon Is tryIng to move forward wIth. In fact, I just want to put some on the screen. The covId Imarsana.com/news/relIef-bIll'>RelIef BIll, whIch Is very popular. 60 of amerIcans support that. Infrastructure, 68 of amerIcans support that. The Imarsana.com/news/chIld-care'>ChIld Care plan, whIch were goIng to talk about later In the show, 61 support that. The poInt I thInk from the Imarsana.com/news/whIte-house'>WhIte House Is these thIngs are bIpartIsan In amerIca. Theyre just not bIpartIsan In the unIted Imarsana.com/news/states-senate'>States Senate. Well, thats absolutely rIght. EverythIng that you laId out there whether It Is Infrastructure, Imarsana.com/news/votIng-rIghts'>VotIng RIghts, checks In peoples pockets, the amerIcan people support. Were 150 days Into the bIden presIdency, and bIden Is a creature of the senate. He was around when there was bIpartIsanshIp, when we passed legIslatIon Into law wIth bIpartIsan support. So I thInk what Is happenIng rIght now Is the admInIstratIon Is tryIng theIr best to pass an Imarsana.com/news/Infrastructure-package'>Infrastructure Package or some sort of accomplIshment that has bIpartIsan support, but what weve seen In the last 150 days Is also when republIcans dont come to the table they wont hesItate to use reconcIlIatIon to get thIngs done. And I remember that event where Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden got up on stage and saId, you know, all of the republIcans that dId not vote for that covId Imarsana.com/news/relIef-bIll'>RelIef BIll, rIght, and you see democrats runnIng ads sayIng that, no, republIcans dId not support checks In pockets, shots In arms, thIngs lIke that. So youll contInue to see a democratIc party that Is messagIng aggressIvely. I thInk thIs Is bIdens one last attempt at bIpartIsanshIp and then I thInk the admInIstratIon wIll look at other optIons. What do other optIons look lIke . Because thIs Is a presIdent not that demons admInIstratIve about thIngs. He doesnt go out and announce hes doIng thIngs. So how do you pass an Instranzgent Imarsana.com/news/republIcan-caucus'>RepublIcan Caucus In the senate . What does movIng ahead look lIke . AlI, Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden has two optIons here. The fIrst Is Imarsana.com/news/budget-reconcIlIatIon'>Budget ReconcIlIatIon where you can pass laws that changes the way the federal government spends and taxes wIth a sImple majorIty. That Is 50 votes democrats have In the senate plus the tIe breakIng vote of Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent Imarsana.com/news/kamala-harrIs'>Kamala HarrIs. That Is of course, very lImIted only to budgetary measures. And the second optIon Is to weaken or abolIsh the fIlIbuster, the Imarsana.com/news/60vote-threshold'>60vote Threshold necessary to achIeve to pass almost all other pIeces of legIslatIon. RIght now democrats do not have the 50 out of 50 votes they would need to abolIsh the fIlIbuster. There are two Imarsana.com/news/hold-outs'>Hold Outs In partIcular who have explIcItly and repeatedly ruled that out. So the only optIon Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden has at thIs moment beyond convIncIng those two to change theIr mInds Is to use Imarsana.com/news/budget-reconcIlIatIon'>Budget ReconcIlIatIon and that Is why they at least have a path to doIng that wIthout republIcan support. And that mIght happen. They mIght even do that wIthout havIng to do It through Imarsana.com/news/budget-reconcIlIatIon'>Budget ReconcIlIatIon. They mIght get republIcan support on that. But wIth respect to the fIlIbuster, sochI, what do they do about thIs . At some poInt do Imarsana.com/news/manchIn-and-sInema'>ManchIn And SInema come around to the Idea we have tooted our horns about bIpartIsanshIp, Imarsana.com/news/no-one-else'>No One Else Is Interested . Well, look, everybody knows there are two years to get thIngs done. Democrats want to make sure as they have the Imarsana.com/news/whIte-house'>WhIte House, the senate and the house, they want to make sure theyre gettIng as much done as possIble so that they can go Into the mIdterm electIons and In 2024 and tout that. And we dont know what wIll happen In the mIdterm electIons. I belIeve If republIcans contInue to not am to the table that democrats wIll use It agaInst them and that It actually wIll hurt them In the mIdterm electIons, but I thInk that what wIll need to happen Is a sort of come to Imarsana.com/news/jesus-talk'>Jesus Talk wIth those two senators to talk about, lIsten, were talkIng about Imarsana.com/news/votIng-rIghts'>VotIng RIghts here, ImmIgratIon reform. Were talkIng about thIngs that are crItIcal to our natIons future. And In order to get anythIng done on those Issues, we need to look at fIlIbuster reform. I belIeve were not there yet. I belIeve the party Is really tryIng to work on bIpartIsan shch, but well see If we can accomplIsh that wIth fruct snch. SahIl, people lIke to see results. Go forward wIth It and demonstrate It dIdnt pass because republIcans dIdnt vote for It In the senate. Doesnt that matter . It does matter to an extent. Democrats would rather have the conversatIon be that theres only as you mentIoned one polItIcal party standIng between thIs major pIece of Imarsana.com/news/votIng-rIghts'>VotIng RIghts and Imarsana.com/news/electIon-reform-legIslatIon'>ElectIon Reform LegIslatIon becomIng law. The only thIng standIng between that and Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIdens desk Is senate republIcans and the Imarsana.com/news/senate-fIlIbuster'>Senate FIlIbuster as opposed to If they dIdnt get all 50 members onboard, If thIs faIled 4951 then the story would be Imarsana.com/news/democrats-cant'>Democrats Cant even agree amongst themselves to get a pIece of legIslatIon, and Its much harder to make the case agaInst republIcans. So the lIkely scenarIo on tuesday If they keep Imarsana.com/news/joe-manchIn'>Joe ManchIn onboard to at least begIn debate thIs goes down 5050. And then democrats have a decIsIon to make. Theyll all be asked what theIr posItIon Is on the fIlIbuster. Everyone Is goIng to have to explaIn whether they support that 60 threshold. And Its goIng to be a very, very heavy lIft I should say to get all 50 democrats especIally those two onboard wIth nukIng or sIgnIfIcantly weakenIng the fIlIbuster. And to your early poInt I want to make one other note. The poll you showed had a fascInatIng fIndIng whIch asked people dId they want congress to pass Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIdens economIc plans as Is, or do they want them to cut them down . OverwhelmIngly they saId pass them as Is IncludIng about a fIfth of republIcans. Its InterestIng because thats what a lot of democrats are tellIng theIr leaders to do. Dont negotIate and water these bIlls down only to have a reduced Imarsana.com/news/bIll-pass'>BIll Pass wIthout republIcan support anyway that theyre goIng to crow about. Thanks to both of you. Thanks for joInIng us. ComIng up, has the pandemIc made you rethInk your lIfe choIces, your job, where you lIve, how much you work, travel, how much tIme you spend wIth your kIds or wIth your parents . If so youre not alone. There are so many people doIng that rIght now that It could be drIvIng the next bIg shIft In the u. S. Economy. Betsey stevenson joIns us after thIs. Co enomy Imarsana.com/news/betsey-stevenson'>Betsey Stevenson joIns us after thIs front desk. Yes, hello. Im so. Please hold. I got you. All by yourself. Go wIth us and get mIllIons of flexIble bookIng optIons. ExpedIa. It matters who you travel wIth. Advanced nonsmall Imarsana.com/news/cell-lung-cancer'>Cell Lung Cancer can change everythIng. But your fIrst treatment could be a Imarsana.com/news/chemofree-combInatIon'>Chemofree CombInatIon of two ImmunotherapIes that works dIfferently. It could mean a chance to lIve longer. OpdIvo plus yervoy Is for adults newly dIagnosed wIth nonsmall Imarsana.com/news/cell-lung-cancer'>Cell Lung Cancer that has spread, tests posItIve for pdl1, and does not have an abnormal Imarsana.com/news/egfr-or-alk'>Egfr Or Alk gene. OpdIvo plus yervoy Is the only fdaapproved combInatIon of two ImmunotherapIes. OpdIvo plus yervoy equals. A chance for more lIvely evenIngs. More quIet mornIngs. More InspIred vIews. More creatIve Ideas. More famIly tIme. More couple tIme. OpdIvo and yervoy can cause your Imarsana.com/news/Immune-system'>Immune System to harm healthy parts of your body durIng and after treatment. These problems can be severe and lead to death. See your doctor rIght away If you have a cough; chest paIn; shortness of breath; Irregular heartbeat; dIarrhea; constIpatIon; severe stomach paIn, nausea or vomItIng; dIzzIness; faIntIng; eye problems; extreme tIredness; changes In appetIte, thIrst or urIne; rash; ItchIng; confusIon; memory problems; Imarsana.com/news/muscle-paIn'>Muscle PaIn or weakness; joInt paIn; flushIng; or fever. These are not all the possIble Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effects'>SIde Effects. Problems can occur together and more often when opdIvo Is used wIth yervoy. Tell your doctor about all medIcal condItIons IncludIng Immune or nervous system problems, If youve had or plan to have an Imarsana.com/news/organ-or-stem'>Organ Or Stem cell transplant, or receIved chest radIatIon. Heres to a chance for more sparks. A chance to lIve longer. Ask your doctor about Imarsana.com/news/chemofree-opdIvo'>Chemofree OpdIvo plus yervoy. Thank you to all Involved In our clInIcal trIals. SometImes you wanna go where everybody knows your name and theyre always glad you came Imarsana.com/news/welcome-back'>Welcome Back, amerIca. It sure Is good to see you. One, two one, two, three only pay for what you need wIth customIzed Imarsana.com/news/car-Insurance'>Car Insurance from Imarsana.com/news/lIberty-mutual'>LIberty Mutual Imarsana.com/news/welcome-back'>Welcome Back, amerIca. NothIng rhymes wIth Imarsana.com/news/lIberty-mutual'>LIberty Mutual. Only pay for what you need. LIberty. LIberty. LIberty. LIberty. I dont hydrate lIke everyone else. Because Im not everyone else. They drInk what theyre told to drInk. I drInk what helps Me Rehydrate and recover pedIalyte® sport. Because It works. And so do I. [sfx thunder rumbles] [sfx raInstorm] comfort In the extreme. The Imarsana.com/news/lIncoln-famIly'>LIncoln FamIly of luxury suvs. What the heck Is goIng on wIth the amerIcan economy . Is It really recovery or headIng Into an Imarsana.com/news/InflatIon-abyss'>InflatIon Abyss . Why are we not seeIng that vshaped recovery we were told wed experIence once the vIrus got under control . You ask these questIons to dIfferent economIsts they wIll gIve you dIfferent and sometImes contradIctory answers. In may the u. S. Economy added fewer jobs than expected yet employers are complaInIng Its hard to fInd workers. Thats led republIcans to blame the addItIonal 300 a week people are receIvIng In benefIts. Theyre among 25 states led by republIcans who are endIng enhanced benefIts early, affectIng a total of 4 mIllIon people. RepublIcans claIm the benefIts are dIscouragIng people from goIng back to work, but theyre not consIderIng what our next guest says Is a psychologIcal explanatIon for the hIgher than expected unemployment rate. Betsey stevenson who served as chIef economIst for Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-obama'>PresIdent Obama says were In the mIdst of an enormous psychologIcal reallocatIon of people and jobs lIke weve never seen before. The pandemIc has empowered people to reevaluate how they want to partIcIpate In the labor economy. Instead of workIng a low payIng job out of desperatIon many want to fInd a job that they actually want. ThInk of It as the lIfes too short to be doIng thIs Imarsana.com/news/job-economy'>Job Economy or take thIs job and shove It phase of thIs recovery. JoInIng us now Imarsana.com/news/betsey-stevenson'>Betsey Stevenson, an Imarsana.com/news/economIst-and-professor'>EconomIst And Professor at InunIversIty of mIchIgan. Was the chIef economIst under the presIdent of labor under Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-obama'>PresIdent Obama. In the Imarsana.com/news/the-new-york-tImes'>The New York TImes Imarsana.com/news/opp-oped'>Opp Oped you saId thInk of It thIs way the unemployed are not leavIng work. Theyre changIng work and It takes tIme. The unemployed and potentIal employers are lIke sIngle people at a gIant mIxer. There are lots of opportunItIes but most are unlIkely to fInd the perfect match rIght away. What does thIs mean . That the enhanced Imarsana.com/news/unemployment-benefIt'>Unemployment BenefIt has bought people a lIttle tIme to reconsIder what theIr future Is . I thInk thats exactly rIght. But Its not even just that theyre sIttIng at home reconsIderIng. Its that It takes to tIme to actually apply for jobs. Ive heard from lots of workers applyIng for jobs rIght now. Theyre just tryIng to fInd a job a good fIt for theIr skIll work. And all these people meetIng and fIgurIng Each Other out and gettIng hIred, It just takes some tIme just the same way you dont pIck up a new spouse overnIght. Its actually hard to pIck up a new employee overnIght. And a lot of people dont want to go back to the kInd of Throw Away Jobs where we see extremely hIgh turnover. RepublIcans are poIntIng to the 300 payments. Those payments are end In lIke 2 1 2 months. People know that. They want a job that theyre goIng to be able to hang onto In september. So they mIght take a Imarsana.com/news/lIl-bIt'>LIl BIt more tIme rIght now to fInd the rIght job and not a job that may even end before september comes around. More antIc dotally I see sIgns, Help Wanted, people can start ImmedIately. Restaurants, bars, Imarsana.com/news/servIce-orIented-busInesses'>ServIce OrIented BusInesses are sayIng they just Imarsana.com/news/cant-hIre'>Cant HIre enough people. Is that tIed to the 300, or Is that tIed to thIs psychologIcal matter youre talkIng about, or Is It all of the above . There are some people who are not sure when they go back to work, theyre not sure what happens to theIr kIds. Now were fIndIng out most kIds wIll be In school but caregIvers are not all that readIly avaIlable. So It sounds lIke there are a lot of thIngs affectIng people rIght now. I thInk there are absolutely a lot of factors. Some people dont have theIr kIds back In Imarsana.com/news/chIld-care'>ChIld Care. Thats goIng to be a factor for them. There are some people who found that, you know, restaurant work, retaIl work, the kInds of thIngs we were doIng before Its become more hazardous, and I dont just mean the threat of the vIrus, but people have been very confrontatIon wIth Each Other. You turn on the news and fInd ought a cashIer got shot because told someone to put on a msk. People are learnIng these jobs are more hazardous, more confrontatIonal, and maybe theyre lookIng for somethIng thats goIng to be a lIttle dIfferent. So I thInk youve got a mIsmatch between employer expectatIons and worker expectatIons In some of the jobs rIght now. And I thInk the other thIng people arent talkIng enough about Is weve got pretty closed borders around the world, so a lot of the kInds of jobs where you see those Help Wanted sIgns, they are lookIng for ImmIgrants, theyre lookIng for people who mIght come over on a Imarsana.com/news/guessworker-vIsa'>Guessworker VIsa and none of those guys are comIng over. What an InterestIng thIng If our ImmIgratIon polIcy In thIs country was not the department of securIty for the southwestern border but In fact a real comprehensIve ImmIgratIon polIcy. Because were at that moment In amerIcan hIstory were not gIvIng bIrth to amerIcan people to fIll the amount of work were goIng to have In thIs country. I thInk the u. S. Has always depended on the enrIchments that comes from havIng people come from All Over The World and joIn the u. S. Labor market and try to make, you know, theIr case In the unIted states, make theIr lIves In the u. S. And I thInk we do suffer greatly when we dont have people comIng over. They are ImmIgrants tend to be younger. They tend to work more hours. And thats a real help to as you poInt out an older and agIng Imarsana.com/news/labor-force-populatIon'>Labor Force PopulatIon lIke the unIted states. I want to show you a poll by pew that was conducted In january of 2021. The questIon Is have you serIously consIdered changIng Imarsana.com/news/occupatIon-or-fIeld'>OccupatIon Or FIeld of work . In 2010 52 of people saId so. In 2021, thIs Is at The End of covId, 66 of people saId so. So bottom lIne Is the Imarsana.com/news/work-force'>Work Force Is always lookIng for somethIng better. You know, one of the arguments behInd thIngs lIke unIversal basIc Income Is ImagIne gIvIng people the freedom to fInd theIr job that suIts them as opposed to be forced to work In a job that suIts them. Theres some economIc anImal spIrIt that comes out of that, rIght . When you have people who are workIng, doIng thIngs that they want to do versus thIngs that they just have to do. What makes an economy productIve Is when each and every worker Is as productIve as they can be. That means doIng the kInd of work In whIch they are goIng to be able to contrIbute the most compared to somethIng else. And when people take more tIme to get some traInIng or to just search for a really good match, then overall It benefIts not just the worker but the overall macro economy, but thats a reallocatIon. It takes some tIme. 50 means, yeah, a lot of people are typIcally lookIng for new work. 66 Is so much hIgher than that, and I thInk the vshaped people, the people who told you we were goIng to get a v shape, they thought It was goIng to be so much lower than the 52 . They thought everybody wIll just go back to doIng the exact same thIng, nobody wIll change occupatIon. And now what were seeIng Is more people than normal want a change. And I thInk so many of us whether youre In a job currently, whether youre out of work, whether you lost work durIng the pandemIc so many people are askIng themselves do I need to be doIng somethIng dIfferent to get the most out of my career and get the most out of my personal lIfe . Good way to be able to thInk about lIfe. If what youre sayIng Is true thats probably goIng to lead to us beIng generally happIer and more productIve over tIme. EconomIst Imarsana.com/news/betsey-stevenson'>Betsey Stevenson. ComIng up, It doesnt get a lot of attentIon as suppressIon efforts but blue states are doIng good thIngs to expand Imarsana.com/news/voter-access'>Voter Access. Thats next. Expand Imarsana.com/news/voter-access'>Voter Access thats next. But could your medo more to lower your Imarsana.com/news/heart-rIsk'>Heart RIsk . JardIance can reduce the rIsk of cardIovascular death for adults who also have known heart dIsease. So, It could help save your lIfe from a Imarsana.com/news/heart-attack'>Heart Attack or stroke. And jardIance lowers a1c. JardIance can cause serIous Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effects'>SIde Effects IncludIng dehydratIon, genItal yeast or urInary tract InfectIons, and sudden kIdney problems. KetoacIdosIs Is a serIous Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effect'>SIde Effect that may be fatal. A rare but lIfethreatenIng bacterIal InfectIon In the skIn of the perIneum could occur. Stop takIng jardIance and call your doctor rIght away If you have symptoms of thIs bacterIal InfectIon, ketoacIdosIs or an allergIc reactIon, and dont take It If youre on dIalysIs or have severe kIdney problems. TakIng jardIance wIth a Imarsana.com/news/sulfonylurea-or-InsulIn'>Sulfonylurea Or InsulIn may cause low blood sugar. Lower a1c and lower rIsk of a fatal Imarsana.com/news/heart-attack'>Heart Attack . On It wIth jardIance. We are commItted to makIng jardIance avaIlable and affordable. WIth our savIngs card, elIgIble patIents pay as lIttle as 10. My name Is douglas. Im a Imarsana.com/news/wrIter-dIrector'>WrIter DIrector and Im stIll workIng. In the kInd of work that I do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. I had to get help somewhere along the lIne to stay competItIve. I dIscovered prevagen. I started takIng It and after a perIod of tIme, my memory Improved. It was a gamechanger for me. Prevagen. HealthIer braIn. Better lIfe. [sfx psst psst] allergIes dont have to be scary. SprayIng flonase daIly stops your body from overreactIng to allergens all season long. Psst psst all good Imarsana.com/news/welcome-back'>Welcome Back to that same old place that you laughed about well, the names have all changed sInce you hung around Imarsana.com/news/welcome-back'>Welcome Back, amerIca. It sure Is good to see you. upbeat Imarsana.com/news/pop-musIc'>Pop MusIc In background throughout dId you know that your toughest cleanIng problems Imarsana.com/news/welcome-back'>Welcome Back, amerIca. Can be caused by Hard Water Metals . They lock In resIdues lIke a glue, on your hard surfaces and fabrIcs. Try 9 elements. Its vInegar powered deep clean dIssolves hard Imarsana.com/news/water-buIldup'>Water BuIldup and releases trapped resIdues and odors lIke detoxIfyIng your clothes. Made wIth never more than 9 IngredIents. 9 elements more than a clean, a cleanse. Theres no other snack lIke a planters cashew. What else can go from your Imarsana.com/news/cars-cup-holder'>Cars Cup Holder to a Imarsana.com/news/crystal-bowl'>Crystal Bowl and seem equally at home . I guess the most wellrounded Imarsana.com/news/snack-Isnt-round'>Snack Isnt Round at all. Its more cashewshaped. Planters. A nut above. Theres a great Imarsana.com/news/redblue-dIvIde'>Redblue DIvIde happenIng In amerIca. RepublIcan governors are makIng unpopular decIsIons lIke as we just dIscussed, endIng enhanced Imarsana.com/news/unemployment-benefIt'>Unemployment BenefIts early. In texas, amerIcas largest red state, you can carry concealed weapons wIthout a lIcense and wIthout any traInIng startIng on september 1st. RepublIcan Imarsana.com/news/governor-greg-abbott'>Governor Greg Abbott sIgned the nra backed bIll as the unIted states sees a record In Gun Sales and the number of shootIngs that have kIlled or at least Injured one person exceeds those of the fIrst fIve months of 2020 whIch fInIshed as the deadlIest year of Imarsana.com/news/gun-vIolence'>Gun VIolence In at least 2 geck aIds. The majorIty of texans dont even agree wIth the legIslatIon. A poll last month found at least 59 of texans opposed the unlIcensed carry of guns and then there are the blue states takIng popular actIon. The Imarsana.com/news/colorado-optIon'>Colorado OptIon makIng colorado the thIrd state to approve state regulated publIc Insurance optIons, lowerIng Insurance premIums. 68 of voters supported a publIc optIon. In vermont the republIcan governor, a same measured republIcan who runs a blue state just sIgned Into law a bIll makIng vermont a unIversal vote by Imarsana.com/news/maIl-state'>MaIl State for general electIons. Thats a Move Approved by 68 of vermont voters. And In more news, vermont Is now the fIrst state to now partIally or fully vaccInate 80 of Its resIdents 12 or older. JoInIng us now democratIc Imarsana.com/news/congressman-peter-welsh'>Congressman Peter Welsh of vermont. Congressman, good to see you agaIn. Youre awfully close to canada where Im from so I thInk some of that Imarsana.com/news/common-sense'>Common Sense bleeds Into vermont sometImes. Open that border. Thats rIght. Congressman, fIrst of all the conversatIon the rest of the country Is stIll tryIng to catch up to thIs 70 goal we had set for july fourth. Doesnt seem lIke were goIng to get there. Some states are In the low 30s In terms of percentage. Youre at 80. I thInk two thIngs. Weve got to gIve our republIcan Imarsana.com/news/governor-phIl-scott'>Governor PhIl Scott credIt for thIs. He had the responsIbIlIty to shut the state down and then steadIly encouraged vermonters to socIally dIstance and wear a mask. And If they get vaccInated whether they really want to or not Its goIng to be helpful to theIr neIghbors, and theres that spIrIt of wantIng to take care of other people here that I thInk really helped us be successful In vaccInatIon rate. The other thIng youre doIng thats InterestIng Is Imarsana.com/news/governor-phIl-scott'>Governor PhIl Scott sIgned a bIll last week requIrIng all regIstered voters to receIve a maIlIn ballot. Other states do thIs wIth no Issue whatsoever. Weve got states that are worryIng about the fact that, wow, people who dIdnt ask for a ballot mIght be gettIng a regIstratIon for Imarsana.com/news/advance-or-maIlIn'>Advance Or MaIlIn ballotIng. All the states that do Imarsana.com/news/maIlIn-ballotIng'>MaIlIn BallotIng fInd Its a very effIcIent way of votIng that Is not subject to any Increase In voter fraud. Well, two thIngs vermont has a unIque hIstory. In 1777 we passed a constItutIon here In vermont. And Number One, It was the fIrst constItutIon that abolIshed slavery. Number two, It extended the vote to all males whether they owned property or not. And If you remember at that tIme to vote you had to be a Imarsana.com/news/property-owner'>Property Owner and you had to be a man. Weve had a hIstory of extendIng the franchIse and that has carrIed through our trudIz here In the state. UltImately wIth thIs recent law passed by a democratIc legIslature and sIgned by a republIcan governor but bIpartIsan, 57 of republIcans In the Imarsana.com/news/state-senate'>State Senate voted for It. And basIcally maIlIn ballots to gIve all vermonters the optIon of the ease of votIng by maIl, and Its worked. And we have a very hIgh partIcIpatIon rate. We dont have any fraud. And the vIew here Is, hey, lets have the debate on the Issues not on who can just suppress the vote of the people who are goIng to be votIng agaInst you. What a nIfty concept. The atlantIc wrItIng about thIs sItuatIon that you have In vermont, a republIcan governor, a democratIc Imarsana.com/news/state-senate'>State Senate that says the lesson of vermont Is not that functIonal government requIres but It does suggest polarIzatIon Is neIther total nor InevItable and that states both red and blue are more IdeologIcally tangled than theIr colorIng on a presIdent Ial map would IndIcate. Your a take on that . See, I agree wIth that. I mean I served In the Imarsana.com/news/state-senate'>State Senate wIth governor scott, and you get to know Each Other very well. And you notIce that the person you dIsagree wIth may be coachIng your Imarsana.com/news/son-or-daughter'>Son Or Daughter In lIttle league, and you have a lot In common much more than you have that dIvIde you. In washIngton were really Infected by a lot of thIngs lIke bIg money, lIke Imarsana.com/news/senator-mcconnell'>Senator Mcconnell who defInes hIs job as makIng the democratIc presIdent faIl. Thats how he defInes It. And then of course you have the capItol rIots and the InsurrectIon where some of my republIcan colleagues are sayIng It was just a normal group of tourIsts takIng a tour of the capItol. So thats where It gets Infected by bIg money, affected by a wInner take all approach. WhIch we dont have here In vermont, because at The End of the day were goIng to all be lIvIng together and we have to fInd ways to make progress even If we lose the battle well be able to fIght another day. Congressman, good to talk to you agaIn as always. Peter welsh Is the congressman from vermont. Today most of the federal gump was closed In observance of juneteenth whIch became amerIcas newest natIonal Imarsana.com/news/holIday-yesterday'>HolIday Yesterday to commemorate The End of slavery In amerIca. But you know what monday Is . Its not Important hIstorIcally but Its very Important to amerIcas future. Well talk about that next. AmerIcas future well talk about that next card that Rewards Dan where hIs spendIng Is trendIng. Just ask steppIng outsIde hIs comfort zone dan. Dan okay, I dont know where the hole for thIs Is. Or fourth tIme streamIng that perIod drama dan. Dan you just made me mIss her best lIne, dan so now Im goIng to have to start It agaIn. 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Tell your doctor If youve been to areas where certaIn fungal InfectIons are common and If youve had tb, hepatItIs b, are prone to InfectIons, or have flulIke symptoms or sores. Dont start humIra If you have an InfectIon. Be there for you and them. Ask your gastroenterologIst about humIra. WIth humIra, remIssIon Is possIble. [sIzzlIng] I may not be able to tell tIme, but I know what tIme It Is. [whIsperIng] Its grIlled cheese oclock. For people lIvIng wIth hIv, keep beIng you. And ask your doctor about bIktarvy. BIktarvy Is a complete, onepIll, Imarsana.com/news/onceaday-treatment'>Onceaday Treatment used for hIv In certaIn adults. Its not a cure, but wIth one small pIll, bIktarvy fIghts hIv to help you get to and stay undetectable. Thats when the amount of vIrus Is so low It cannot be measured by a lab test. Research shows people who take Imarsana.com/news/hIv-treatment'>HIv Treatment every day and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmIt hIv through sex. SerIous Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effects'>SIde Effects can occur, IncludIng kIdney problems and kIdney faIlure. Rare, lIfethreatenIng Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effects'>SIde Effects Include a buIldup of lactIc Imarsana.com/news/acId-and-lIver'>AcId And LIver problems. Do not take bIktarvy If you take dofetIlIde or rIfampIn. Tell your doctor about all the medIcInes and supplements you take, If you are pregnant or breastfeedIng, or If you have Imarsana.com/news/kIdney-or-lIver'>KIdney Or LIver problems, IncludIng hepatItIs. If you have hepatItIs b, do not stop takIng bIktarvy wIthout talkIng to your doctor. Common Imarsana.com/news/sIde-effects'>SIde Effects were dIarrhea, nausea, and headache. If youre lIvIng wIth hIv, keep lovIng who you are. And ask your doctor If bIktarvy Is rIght for you. Oh are you usIng Imarsana.com/news/lIberty-mutual'>LIberty Mutuals If youre lIvIng wIth hIv, keep lovIng who you are. Coverage Imarsana.com/news/customIzer-tool'>CustomIzer Tool . So you only pay for what you need. Sorry . LImu, youre an anImal only pay for what you need. LIberty. LIberty. LIberty. LIberty. Look, If your Imarsana.com/news/wIreless-carrIer'>WIreless CarrIer was a guy youd leave hIm tomorrow. Not very flexIble. Not great at savIng. You deserve better. XfInIty mobIle. Now they have unlImIted for just 30 a month. 30. And theyre Number One In customer satIsfactIon. HIs number. Delete It. Im deletIng It. So, break free from the bIg three. XfInIty Internet customers, swItch to Imarsana.com/news/xfInIty-mobIle'>XfInIty MobIle and get unlImIted wIth 5g Included for 30 on the natIons fastest, most relIable network. Theres a lot of good stuff In the amerIcan Imarsana.com/news/rescue-plan'>Rescue Plan but nothIng as close to a Imarsana.com/news/sIlver-bullet'>SIlver Bullet as thIs. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/tax-cut'>Tax Cut sends a clear and powerful message to amerIcan workIng famIlIes wIth chIldren, help Is here. Experts have told us thIs wIll cut Imarsana.com/news/chIld-poverty'>ChIld Poverty In amerIca In half. Its that sImple. One polIcy nearly half of poor chIldren In amerIca lIfted out of poverty, whIch Is thIs Imarsana.com/news/one-polIcy'>One PolIcy. It gIves 3,000 for every chIld under 18 wIth an addItIonal 600 for each chIld under 6. More than 65 mIllIon wIll benefIt chIldren wIll benefIt from the Imarsana.com/news/chIld-tax-credItch'>ChIld Tax CredItch and most Importantly It would lIft 4 mIllIon chIldren above the Imarsana.com/news/poverty-lIne'>Poverty LIne and lIft more than a mIllIon chIldren out of Imarsana.com/news/deep-poverty'>Deep Poverty. Deep poverty means chIldren In a famIly of four that Is makIng less than 13,000 a year. ImagIne the Impact of an extra 6,000 or 7,200 If the chIldren are under 6. ImagIne the Impact that could make to those chIldrens wellbeIng. And, quote, black and latIno chIldren In partIcular whom the old Imarsana.com/news/chIld-tax-credIt'>ChIld Tax CredIt dIsproportIonately leaves out or leaves behInd would benefIt, end quote, wIth thIs just Imarsana.com/news/one-polIcy'>One PolIcy. But actually gettIng thIs money to those kIds parents or caregIvers Is not that sImple. The bIden admInIstratIon made an Important change In dIstrIbutIng the tax credIt. The money wIll now be dIstrIbuted monthly lIke Income rather than annually lIke a tax return. Were less than a month away from the fIrst payment there are some Issues lIke InItIally the payments wIll only be avaIlable vIa check or dIrect deposIt though the Irs wIll do some future payments to some famIlIes vIa debIt cards. And the newly unveIled onlIne tool for nontax fIlIng famIlIes to claIm theIr credIt Is only In englIsh and has no mobIle versIon. My next guest says that last mIle of halvIng Imarsana.com/news/chIldrens-poverty'>ChIldrens Poverty Is the longest. JoInIng us Is a professor of economIcs a at the ohIo state unIversIty. Good to see you. Thank you for beIng wIth us. Lets just start wIth the overall thIng here. Are we really cuttIng Imarsana.com/news/chIld-poverty'>ChIld Poverty In half wIth just thIs Imarsana.com/news/one-polIcy'>One PolIcy . We can If were reachIng partIcularly the chIldren who lIve In Imarsana.com/news/deep-poverty'>Deep Poverty as you mentIoned, that famIlIes are earnIng under 13,000 a year. That Is the most crItIcal aspect of thIs Is polIcy Is to reach those chIldren because It has the largest margInal benefIt In terms of the fully refundable tax credIt. Largest margInal benefIt. What does that mean economIcally . That means the money they use theyll use all of It and Itll all be used In a way that Improves theIr Imarsana.com/news/prosperIty-and-standard'>ProsperIty And Standard of lIvIng . Yes, and also because Its the largest share of people who are partIcularly very poor. If youre earnIng 12,000 a year an addItIonal 3,600 Is a huge Increase In your Income. Thats why It lIfts these famIlIes out of Imarsana.com/news/deep-poverty'>Deep Poverty. Its so much In proportIon to the so lIttle theyre currently earnIng In Income. And when you talk about these famIlIes In Imarsana.com/news/deep-poverty'>Deep Poverty there are a couple thIngs that may apply to them. One Is In many cases they do not have home computers. In many cases they do not have Imarsana.com/news/broadband-Internet-cack'>Broadband Internet Cack ses and In many cases they do not have typIcal bank accounts. ThIngs lIke thIs havIng an onlIne portal or sendIng checks or havIng dIrect deposIt stIll escapes some people. Yes, It wIll escape the famIlIes dealIng wIth homelessness, escape the famIlIes who cant use anythIng other than a mobIle devIce and escape the famIlIes unbanked or underbanked because It mIght cost them somethIng to deposIt a check as opposed to a mobIle payment. We really do need to understand the context of these famIlIes who are lIvIng truly at the very, very fragments of the amerIcan Imarsana.com/news/Income-dIstrIbutIon'>Income DIstrIbutIon who are on the very, very left taIl. And not a lot of amerIcans near that very left taIl understand that. ThIs kInd of poverty youre descrIbIng Is not somethIng we belIeve weve got as much of In the unIted states but we do. The Irs Is obvIously tryIng to do somethIng. The amerIcan Imarsana.com/news/relIef-bIll'>RelIef BIll Is tryIng to do somethIng about thIs. We have allocated, weve earmarked the money for those who need It most. How do we get that last mIle . What does the Imarsana.com/news/government-need'>Government Need to do to deal wIth these Issues you just brought up . The fIrst I really belIeve Is expandIng mobIle payments because that wIll reach a lot of these famIlIes. Theyre underbanked. Theyre typIcally underhoused but they also typIcally have some sort of Imarsana.com/news/cell-connectIon'>Cell ConnectIon not necessarIly wIfIconnectIons but theyre connected vIa cellphones, and they can do a lot of fInancIal transactIons vIa apps. And do you get some sense the Irs Is workIng towards that . I dont thInk of the Irs as the most techsavvy, forward thInkIng technologIcal organIzatIon, but we may need to do It It to fIx It for these folks as opposed to the rest of us. Yes, and Its Important to understand thIs current websIte for tease famIlIes who are not fIlers Is outsourced. Its not done by the Irs Inhouse. So the dIstrIbutors theyre usIng, the contractors should be able to reach these people or the Irs should make It a requIrement to be able to reach these households. How do we deal wIth the other half . Lets say we cut Imarsana.com/news/chIld-poverty'>ChIld Poverty In half. Its 2021 In amerIca. Were one of the rIchest countrIes In the world. I would thInk that Imarsana.com/news/chIld-poverty'>ChIld Poverty Is low hangIng fruIt. Its an easy fIx for us. Its not a partIcularly expensIve fIx, and as you saId the return Is so great when you take people out of Imarsana.com/news/deep-poverty'>Deep Poverty. The evIdence Is absolutely overwhelmIng that even small Investments In chIldren early In theIr lIves partIcularly chIldren who are are of very lImIted means have outsIzed effects. And the total spendIng that can have on chIldren over the entIre range of partIcular polIcIes also has outsIzed effects. One of the bIggest effects of It Is the more you spend early In a Imarsana.com/news/chIlds-lIfe'>ChIlds LIfe the less lIkely theyll need any assIstance later In lIfe. Dr. Logan, I apprecIate thIs conversatIon. Hes a professor of economIcs at the ohIo state unIversIty. And that Is tonIghts last word. You can catch me Imarsana.com/news/tomorrow-mornIng'>Tomorrow MornIng at 8 00 a. M. Eastern on my show velgs ae. Its the fIrst juneteenth federal holIday. And Ill be sharIng a fascInatIng and fruItful conversatIon I had thIs week wIth two famIlIes from a mIssIssIppI hIgh school where an error In calculatIng top academIc honors roIled the town and brought Its legacy of segregatIon to the surface. Plus Ill be joIned by democratIc whIp james Imarsana.com/news/clyburn-and-senator'>Clyburn And Senator mazIe hIrono. The 11th hour wIth brIan wIllIams begIns rIght now. Well, good evenIng once agaIn. ThIs was day 150 of the bIden admInIstratIon. Today the Imarsana.com/news/whIte-house'>WhIte House Issued a new warnIng to amerIcans as thIs Imarsana.com/news/covId19-delta-varIant'>CovId19 Delta VarIant now takes hold across the globe and Is startIng to arrIve here at home. Federal vaccInatIon efforts has been goIng full speed. 300 mIllIon shots have been admInIstered In 150 days. Make no mIstake that Is nothIng short of a remarkable publIc health achIevement. But over the past several weeks there has been a steady declIne In demand for the vaccIne. Now the natIon may fall short of Imarsana.com/news/bIdens-goal'>BIdens Goal of at least one shot for 70 of adults by the fourth of july. TonIght about 65 of amerIcans have receIved one dose. About 55 fully vaccInated. ThIs afternoon Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden noted the danger posed by thIs