joe biden ask kamala harris. the most progressive legislation in a generation. one of the most sweeping federal recovery efforts in history. the exexpansion of the child tax credit that s going to cut in half childhood poverty. it demonstrates a government that s working for the people. the bill is amended is passed. [ applause ] that s what it sounds like. today president biden back out at work touring a medical center distributing vaccines to veterans. the landmark bill is the first major legislative victory of the biden era. about $2 trillion. the house expected to vote on wednesday. they are racing so it will get president biden s signature before any unemployment benefits would expire in mid-march. it includes $1400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, another $50 billion for loans for small businesss around the nation, $14 billion for vaccine distribution, a large program that supports children, more on that part tonight. and these checks are sla
offer the spending and deficit cuts that republicans thought it would. cnn s chief white house correspondent jessica yellin spends the next 18 seconds giving us the big picture. reporter: what s happening now is democrats are waiting. they re just waiting to see what happens with the republican s bill before making their own move in the senate. the big picture here is neither the republican s bill in the house nor the democrats bill in the senate seems to have the votes to get through both houses of congress. so we re back at stalemate. and so it s wednesday and there s no deal. the ted line is tuesday of next week. if congress can t get it done by then, you could start to see higher interest rates, a declining dollar and other problems. the white house website has put up a chart that breaks down the u.s. debt by administration over the last ten years. i was just looking at it. more than $3.5 trillion because of changes to the economy, not policy changes, but less tax in