Heal our country s wounds overnight but i remain steadfast in my commitment to do everything in my power. democrats approved president biden s build back better school and safety net i should say, and climate bill. on this vote, the ayes are 220. the nays are 213. the build back better bill is passed. democrats celebrating briefly there on the house floor. the $1.9 trillion plan now heads to the senate where it s certain to undergo some changes. as for what is currently in the bill that house democrats passed, $570 billion for clean energy and combatting climate change. 381 billion for child care and preschool. $205 billion for paid family and sick leave. and $303 billion in child care
on this vote, the yays are 220. the nays are 213. the build back better bill is passed. the democrats celebrated on the house floor, as you can see there. the . plan heads now to the senate where it is sure to undergo changes. $570 billion for clean energy and combatting climate change. 381 billion for childcare. 203 billion in childcare tax credits as well as billions for healthcare, housing and more. white house recorder, jasmine wright joins us live. she s traveling with the president in delaware. wrapping up an early birthday gift for president biden. that s right. look, he got an early birthday
Bill of your money buy? cnn s tom foreman walks us through it. tom, remind us what all is in this plan. reporter: we can t go over all of it, that s for sure but it is human. here are some of the highlights. clean energy and climate change, $570 billion in terms of how it might affect you at home, if you put on solar panels, get an electric car, there could be additional tax incentives for doing that. beyond that there s child care and pre-school, early education, a big priority for the biden administration. child tax and earned income tax credits. this is aimed at middle class families who are out there struggling to make ends meet. this could give them a break along the ways so they are not having such a hard time paying their bills. beyond that, there s home care. this is aimed at the disabled, older americans which are growing in numbers and frankly growing in huge numbers out in red america, aid to people who might be struggling, affordable housing, some sort of aid there and th
0 it s beanpot butter and jelly time. two turkeys will be pardoned a bit later today by president biden. those turkeys are named peanut butter and jelly. the birds spent last night at the willette hotel here in washington, d.c. they will move to the rose garden this afternoon where justice and a little pumpkin pie will be served during the ceremony. later, these two turkeys raised in indiana will head home, new home, perdue university. have a fantastic weekend. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. jolo and thanks for joining us on this friday. i m ana cabrera in new york. after months of division and dysfunction house democrats come together and deliver a major victory to the white house. erupting in cheers, the house now sends the president s build back better act over to the senate. that s where the new fight begins. with no room for even a single defection, some moderate democrats are also grousing. let s go to capitol hill and cnn s lauren fox. lauren, there is a lot of w
Legislation for working families passed since the 1930s and the great depression. let me ask you about that because i i don t want to put words in your mouth. you seemed to suggest today that you would be open to lowering the 6 trillion price tag of that bill. you said you think 6 trillion is the appropriate amount but acknowledge you have to work with 49 other members of the democratic caucus. can you say what you are willing to compromise on? or what you what you see this actually coming as? well, if the bipartisan bill is passed and that will have, i think, something like 570 billion in new money. that s simply those are, pretty much, the programs that we re going to put into reconciliation. so, that s a heck of a lot of money. we re not going to build the same bridge, twice. so, you can deduct some of that from what we re trying to do. look. what the process, as you well know, is about. i got to deal with 49 other people and somebody says you should spend more on this. sp