PEOPLE VACCINATED.
"ALL IN" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK.
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS HAPPENING.
THE MOST SHOCKINGLY AGGRESSIVE
RESCUE BILL OF MY LIFETIME IS
VERY LIKELY TO BE SIGNED INTO
LAW.
SATURDAY AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT
SESSION, SENATE DEMOCRATS PASSED
THE $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF
PACKAGE IN A STRICT PARTY LINE
VOTE.
BECAUSE SENATORS MADE SOME
CHANGES TO THE BILL, IT NOW HAS
TO GO BACK TO THE DEMOCRATIC
CONTROLLED HOUSE WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO PASS THE IDENTICAL
SENATE VERSION THIS WEEK,
POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.
SO THE BILL WOULD THEN GO TO THE
PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR
HIS SIGNATURE.
WE’RE IN THE EARLY PART OF
MARCH.
NOT THE 100-DAY MARKER YET.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY
FOR BOTH THE COUNTRY, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATIONINGS THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH HELD
TOGETHER.
THEY DIDN’T GET A VOTE IN EITHER
HOUSE.
THEY TRIED TO BREAK THE PARTY
APART.
THAT’S BRYNS DID BY FORCING
TOUGH VOTES ON AMENDMENTS AND
ARGUING AGAINST THE BILL IN
PUBLIC.
DEMOCRATS WON.
AND AS A RESULT, A LOT OF
PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE GOING TO GET
BETTER.
>> BY PASSING THIS PLAN WE WOULD
HAVE DELIVERED REAL TANGIBLE
RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY’LL BE ABLE TO SEE AND KNOW
AND FEEL THE CHANGE IN THEIR OWN
LIVES.
>> THERE IS A LOT IN THIS BILL.
INCLUDING FOR STARTERS $350
BILLION FOR STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THAT SOME OF WHOM
HAVE BEEN HOBBLED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
THERE’S $130 BILLION FOR K-12
SCHOOLS.
$25 BILLION FOR RELIEF FOR HARD
HIT RESTAURANTS, PART OF THE
BILL WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON.
THERE’S TENS OF BILLIONS FOR
COVID TESTS, STILL IMPORTANT AND
VITAL.
THERE’S ALSO A TON OF MONEY FOR
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, OTHER
MEASURES TO FIGHT AND SUPPRESS
THE VIRUS.
THAT’S THE PROGRAM ATTIC MONEY
AND THEN THE MONEY TO GO
DIRECTLY TO AMERICANS.
STRUGGLING AMERICANS.
THAT INCLUDES AN EXTENSION OF
THE $300 WEEKLY FEDERAL
UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENT BONUS THAT
GETS PAID ABOVE WHAT YOU WOULD
NORMALLY MAKE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
THERE’S ALSO A TAX BREAK ON
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SO PEOPLE
DON’T GET A SHOCKING SURPRISE
TAX BILL WHICH IS KEY.
$1,400 STIMULUS CHECKS FOR LOW
AND MIDDLE INCOME AMERICANS
COUPLED WITH $1,400 CHECKS FOR
ADULT DEPENDENTS AND CHILDREN
AND A CHILD TAX CREDIT OF $3,000
OR $3,600 DEPENDING ON THE
CHIDE’S AGE.
THE CHILD TAX CREDIT ALONE FOR
ONE YEAR COULD BENEFIT AS MANY
AS 83 MILLION CHILDREN IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> TAKEN ALTOGETHER, THIS PLAN
IS GOING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO
CUT CHILD POVERTY IN HALF.
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
IT’S SIGNIFICANT.
HISTORIC.
WILL CUT CHILD POVERTY IN HALF.
>> ADVANCES LIKE THIS, THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, THEY DON’T
COME ALONG VERY OFTEN.
AND NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO
IMPACT CHILD POVERTY, LET’S LOOK
AT THE $1,400 CHECK ON TOP OF
THE $600 PASSED IN THE LAST
RELIEF PACKAGE.
SAY YOU’RE A MARRIED COUPLE
MAKES LESS THAN $150,000 A YEAR,
TWO KIDS WITH AN ADULT
DEPENDENT, A CHILD IN COLLEGE OR
AN ADULT THAT LIVES WITH YOU.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT $7 THOSE IN
DIRECT PAYMENTS FROM THE
GOVERNMENT?
$1,400 EACH PERSON IN THE FAMILY
THAT’S A REAL GAME CHANGER AFTER
THE YEAR THAT ALL OF UTS HAVE
HAD.
WHITE HOUSE SAYS MANY AMERICANS
WILL GET THAT MONEY BY THE END
OF THIS MONTH.
SO, HOW DID WE GET HERE?
RIGHT?
ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME
LOOKING AT THIS, RIGHT?
BOTH PARTIES HAVE TONS OF
CORPORATE DONORS.
THERE’S K STREET LOBBYISTS
WORKING OVER CONGRESS.
WAYS IN WHICH BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS OVERLY INFLUENCED BY
BIG MONEY, CORPORATE INTERESTS,
THE RICH.
RIGHT?
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
DISTRIBUTIONAL PRIORITIES.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN
PARTY GOT ELECTED THEY TRIED TO
GUT THE ACA TWICE AND THEN
SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A MASSIVE
TAX CUT PRIMARILY FOR THE RICH
AND CORPORATIONS.
FIRST THING OUT OF THE GATE
BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS PASSED A
BILL IN WHICH THE POOREST 20% OF
AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE A
20% BOOST IN INCOME ACCORDING TO
A NEW ANALYSIS WHILE THE RICHEST
1% WILL RECEIVE AN INCOME BOOST
OF 0.
0%.
AND THEN TAKE -- THINK ABOUT
THAT.
THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN
THE DISTRIBUTIONAL AFFECTS HERE
AND THEN THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT REPUBLICANS THESE DAYS KEEP
INSISTING IN THE WORDS OF JOSH
HAWLEY, A WORKING CLASS PARTY.
AND IT IS TRUE THE 2020 ELECTION
SUGGESTED THAT THE GOP IS
ACTUALLY INCREASINGLY RELYING ON
LESS AFFLUENT VOTERS WHILE THE
DEMOCRATIC COALITION IS GETTING
MORE PROFESSIONAL AND MORE
AFFLUENT.
BUT THE REPUBLICAN RHETORIC
AROUND STANDING FOR THE WORKING
CLASS IS JUST NOT REFLECTED IN
POLICY.
I THINK THAT’S WHY REPUBLICANS
WOULD RATHER TALK ABOUT DR.
SEUSS.
CULTURE WARS.
BECAUSE THEY DON’T PARTICULARLY
SEEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY
AGENDA TO HELP THE WORKING
CLASS.
REPUBLICANS WOULD RATHER ENFLAME
RESENTIMENTS IN HOPES OF
INCREASING THEIR POWER.
>> WHEN I WAS ELECTED, I SAID WE
WERE GOING TO GET THE GOVERNMENT
OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF BATTLING
ON TWITTER.
AND BACK IN THE BUSINESS OF
DELIVERING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR
LIVES.
GIVING EVERYONE A CHANCE, A
FIGHTING CHANCE OF SHOWING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THEIR
GOVERNMENT CAN WORK FOR THEM.
AND PASSING THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN WILL DO THAT.
>> THERE IS A NOTION, RIGHT,
THAT THE TWO PARTIES ARE
INCREASINGLY HOPELESSLY
POLARIZED.
AND WHILE THAT’S PARTLY TRUE IT
IS NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH.
BECAUSE WHAT’S HAPPENING IS NOT
SYMMETRICAL.
NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN BACKED
THE NEW COVID RELIEF BILL BUT
JUST THINK BACK OVER THE PAST
YEAR.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP AND THE
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WAS
PRESIDENT, AND THE ECONOMY
CRATERED AND REPUBLICANS WERE
ESSENTIALLY FORCED TO PASS
STIMULUS BILLS DEMOCRATS BACKED
THAT LEGISLATION.
THEY VOTE FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS
MULTIPLE TIMES IN AN ELECTION
YEAR EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO
KNOW AND IT PROBABLY DID HELP
DONALD TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION BID.
EVEN THOUGH DRIMP PUT HIS NAME
ON THE CHECKS.
DEMOCRATS I GUESS IF THEY WANTED
TO PLAY HARDBALL, IF THEY WERE
PSYCHOS BACK IN THE SPRING AND
THOUGHT THE BETTER THE ECONOMY’S
DOING, THE BETTER DONALD TRUMP
WILL DO IN RE-ELECTION THEY
COULD HAVE ACTED THE WAY
REPUBLICANS ARE ACTING NOW BUT
FOR A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
COMPLICATED FASCINATING REASONS,
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS REALLY
ARE COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT OF
USING GOVERNMENT AS A MEANS OF
HELPING PEOPLE THAT ARE
STRUGGLING.
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING IN