Update…
Biden moments before he signs the Covid relief bill: "It's about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, the people that built the country a fighting chance. That's what the essence of it is." pic.twitter.com/rKdLNIoM5Z
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 11, 2021
Biden signed it a day earlier so people cold get their money a day earlier.
— Fred Harding (@OPCGhost) March 11, 2021
Because he know for a lot of people, right, now a day matters, and he cares.
The End.
Earlier…
BREAKING: House passes $1.9T Covid relief bill that includes $1,400 checks, $300/wk jobless benefits, child allowance of up to $3,600 for one year, $125B for K-12 schools, $30B for public transit, $25B for rental assistance, $14B for vaccine distribution. https://t.co/C3JQIXquMx pic.twitter.com/xcyV3nXqO4
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) March 10, 2021
Here's a look at what's in the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package that has received final Congressional approval and is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature. https://t.co/oW09mPEHYj
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 10, 2021
JUST IN: The Dow soars to record high, marking its first-ever finish above 32,000 points.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) March 10, 2021
"The benefits of Trump’s tax cut went overwhelmingly to the top 20 percent. Assistance from the Biden rescue reaches well into the middle class, but its biggest benefits go to the bottom 40% of the income structure."@EJDionne on Biden's quiet revolution:https://t.co/inHGOAZX1u
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 10, 2021
Biden has 51 percent approval rating, 61 percent approve of the Covid relief bill. https://t.co/LbL8maLZIj
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 10, 2021
How the Democrats transformed American society with almost no opposition—@MichaelBluhm & @DeanBaker13 at @thesignal: https://t.co/4Kbgnf806u
— The Signal (@thesignal) March 10, 2021
Senate confirms Merrick Garland as Attorney General in a 70-30 vote.pic.twitter.com/YFw2qZgUP0
— The Recount (@therecount) March 10, 2021
Having a hard time keeping my breakfast down listening to @LeaderMcConnell compliment AG nominee Merrick Garland, whom he refused to either meet with or even grant a hearing when he was nominated to the SCOTUS under President Obama.
— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) March 10, 2021
The difficulty for GOP messaging: The COVID bill is both robbing future generations in debt and a liberal wishlist and great news for small businesses
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) March 10, 2021
As border crossings swell, White House searches for solutions…
— 𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚌𝚑 (@RebeccaBeitsch) March 10, 2021
“We’ve seen surges before. Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand.”
w/ @JonEasley https://t.co/cBdJ6bxuA4
Restaurants devastated by the coronavirus outbreak are getting a lifeline from the pandemic relief package that’s awaiting final approval in the House. https://t.co/TBgwmKNZEZ
— ABC News (@ABC) March 10, 2021
and yet…you voted AGAINST the relief bill.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) March 10, 2021
Uhhhhhh pic.twitter.com/YogA54GWvi
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) March 10, 2021
WSJ EXCLUSIVE: Then-President Trump urged the chief investigator of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office to look for fraud during an audit of mail-in ballots in on a phone call he made to her in late December https://t.co/P6w3HgWITC
— Anthony DeRosa 🗽 (@Anthony) March 10, 2021
"Racketeering, a felony in Georgia, can carry stiff penalties including up to 20 years in prison and a hefty fine. “There are not a lot of people who avoid serving prison time on a racketeering offense,” said Cox."https://t.co/Dl7rGeGHnz
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 9, 2021
Have said before and will say it again: if a Chicago alderman made these calls to the Cook County Clerk about his own election and they were recorded and released, that alderman would have been indicted by the US Attorney in a matter of days . https://t.co/rhTHMEBf0p
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 10, 2021
And…
Read how the photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson approached documenting the pandemic hardships in New York, as both a lament and a tribute. https://t.co/rScPO71iLo
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 10, 2021
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ANGER OVER UK’S TEST AND TRACE PROGRAMME
It's almost like putting your pals in charge does not serve the public interest. https://t.co/pq2sVgfcEV
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) March 10, 2021
Truly damning. Public Accounts Committee finds “no clear evidence” that Govt’s Test and Trace programme is effective despite £22bn spent on it so far – and £15bn more to come.
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) March 10, 2021
https://t.co/n4AVN1Lkvd
The government spent £23bn on a test and trace system in England and may as well have put the money in the fire https://t.co/IGwAGnIrsY
— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) March 10, 2021
Epic waste of public/our money! There must be a Public Inquiry into this.#Covid #TestAndTrace 'no clear impact' from £37bn budget
— Gina Miller (@thatginamiller) March 10, 2021
– over-reliance on consultants, paid £6,600+ a day
– not ready for Sept surge
– lack of evidence but rapid tests rolled outhttps://t.co/sVTmEhZjTg]
The UK parliament’s Public Accounts Committee says the impact of the Test and Trace system is not clear. The government says the finding ‘defies logic’. We’ve looked at if it’s the ‘world class’ system Boris Johnson said was needed. Produced @MichaelCoxJ https://t.co/R6S7E5P3h1 pic.twitter.com/k8l3w1J1ZZ
— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) March 10, 2021
Government is refusing to say who Dido Harding met during the course of spending £37bn of public money. But there's nothing at all to see here, folks. https://t.co/vPN2I2BYKl
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) March 10, 2021
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Downing Street has failed 19 times to correct a false claim by Boris Johnson at Prime Minister's Questions today https://t.co/tCa1XBEdoM
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 10, 2021
I've long argued that the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship would be difficult, but even I'm surprised how far & fast it has sunk
— Mujtaba Rahman (@Mij_Europe) March 10, 2021
A senior EU official tells me: “Johnson is a crook. He's signed up to something he has no intention of implementing.“
Negative levels of trust
Did anyone need Piers Morgan to break his silence? https://t.co/sQPT56ZgXX
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 10, 2021