[ indiscernible ] the monthly child tax credit just mentioned there was part of the president s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package, but the relief ended in december for millions of americans after senator joe manchin objected to extending it saying the money will discourage people from working. the senate, meanwhile, is expected to vote this week on voting rights legislation despite it may seem doomed to fail. majority leader chuck schumer says the chamber will take up a pair of bills tomorrow aimed at strengthening voter rights laws, but it will lack the ten republican votes needed to pass. to clear this hurdle, democratic leadership has shifted its focus to ending the filibuster, which would allow the bill to pass by simple majority vote, but that, too, seems unlikely with democratic senators joe manchin