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the unemployment rate down just a pinch to 6.2%. momentum behind vaccine rollout raising hopes for our economic recovery. let s not forget there are still close to 10 million fewer jobs today than a year ago. before the pandemic. it s all framing the drama that we are watching on capitol hill right now. the senate slowly moving toward passing president biden s covid relief plan. we are watching the debate live on the senate floor right now. you see vermont senator bernie sanders there. one delay already cost ten hours 43 minutes and nine seconds. thanks to republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin, we now know that s how long it takes to the entire 628 covid relief bill out loud. debate over the bill happening as we speak. we will dig into next steps in moments. also right now, the white house taking a two-pronged approach with its agenda today. any minute now that covid-19 response team will hold its briefing. nbc news has reported all week that we expect expect being
BestFamiliesEveryone5gPlansLevelNetworkMatchVerizonAmerica5Reason giving up. chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host, kelly o donnell, garrett haake on capitol hill, chris lieu, former deputy secretary of labor in the obama administration and david jolly, former republican. garrett, you ve been chasing this senate vote since they gavelled into session today after their long night of reading, the reading marathon. how long is the process going to take? any way to estimate? reporter: this could be a very long process. sort of a popular parlor game on the hill to ask senators when they think they ll be done. the ones i ve talked to expect it will be well after midnight. so far there have been more than 250 amendments filed although in contrast, the last time we did one of these there were more than 900 amendments filed and only about 40 got voted. we re till looking at dozens of amendment votes and debates on each one of those that could take us well into the wee hours of saturday morning, andrea. david jolly, we re at
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