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The Impact of President Biden's Sweeping Relief Package

Clip: 3/12/2021 | 2m 58sVideo has Closed Captions

E.J. Dionne Jr. and Annalee Newitz join the show.

Starting Monday, President Biden will travel the nation in the wake of signing into law a historic sweeping relief package. It amounts to almost $2 trillion in the form of direct payments, investments in public health, schools, and pensions – and some estimate it could slash America’s poverty rate by a third and halve the number of poor children.

03/12/2021

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