>>> WE ARE GETTING POTENTIALLY
VERY GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW THAT WE
COULD SEE A DEAL ON COVID
ECONOMIC RELIEF SOMETIME TODAY
NAP IS AFTER LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL SAID "WE’RE GETTING
CLOSER" AS HE EMERGED FROM A
MEETING WITH SENATOR SCHUMER,
LEADER PELOSI AND CONGRESSMAN
McCARTHY THAT LASTED THREE HOURS
LAST NIGHT.
GOOD SIGN.
RELIEF FOR AMERICANS AND
GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
WITH THAT DEADLINE JUST THREE
DAYS AWAY.
McCONNELL SAYS THE SENATE WILL
NOT LEAVE FOR BREAK UNTIL
SOMETHING IS PASSED.
HERE’S THE QUESTION --
WHAT WILL THAT "SOMETHING"
ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE?
OUR NEXT GUEST HAS BEEN
SPEARHEADING A BIPARTISAN EFFORT
TO GET CRUCIAL RELIEF TO
AMERICANS, AND IT ONLY HAPPENS
WITH A BIPARTISAN EFFORT.
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM WEST
VIRGINIA JOE MANCHIN JOINS US
NOW.
SENATOR, HOW REAL IS THIS?
WE ARE BEING TOLD A DEAL IS
COMING TODAY.
BUT LET’S BE HONEST.
WE’VE BEEN TOLD THAT FOR THE
LAST MONTH.
>> STEPHANIE, THIS IS WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS THE SIZE OF IT.
THIS IS WHAT WE WORKED ON AND
WHAT WE TURNED OVER FROM OUR
GROUP.
ALL THE LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE IS
THERE, THEY’RE READY TO GO.
SO THEY’VE BEEN USING IT AS A
TEMPLATE.
COME TO AN AGREEMENT, TOOK TWO
WEEKS NEGOTIATING DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS TOGETHER, TO GET
AGREEMENT ON $900 MILLION.
THAT CAME UP A LITTLE BIT FROM
WHERE THE -- REPUBLICANS WERE --
CAME DOWN FROM WHERE THE --
DEMOCRATS WERE.
AND THAT’S THE ART OF MAKING A
DEAL.
YOU HAVE TO COMPROMISE.
WE FOUND -- THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE
STAYING WITH.
>> SO WHAT CHANGED?
WHAT BROKE THE LOGJAM?
>> WELL, THE LOGJAM IS THE
TIMING.
WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
YOU CAN’T GO HOME.
WHO WOULD EVER GO HOME WHEN SOME
PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A HOME TO GO
TO?
THINK ABOUT THAT.
WIPE WOULD WE LEAVE PEOPLE
STRANDED WITH NO UNEMPLOYMENT
CHECKS?
FOOD INSECURITY.
SHELTER.
INSECURITY, BECAUSE OF EVICTION
NOTICES.
ALL THE NEEDS WE HAVE MORE
HEALTH CARE AS FAR AS WITH --
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, NOW THAT
WE HAVE VACCINE.
WE HAVE OUR HEALTH CARE
INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS OUR
HOSPITALS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE.
THERE IS SO MUCH NEED THAT WAS
EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE
MONTH.
IT’S A SHAME WHAT THEY HAVE TO
DO, GET TO A DEADLINE, BUT I
THINK WE BROKE THE LOGJAM WHEN
WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER,
10 TO 15 OF US, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS FROM THE HOUSE AND
THE SENATE, AND SAID ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH.
HERE’S A BILL.
WE’VE DONE IT FOR YOU.
USE IT AS A TEMPLATE.
I THINK THAT’S WHAT EXPEDITED
EVERYTHING.
>> SIR, THIS URGENT NEED HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS.
WHEN MITCH McCONNELL WAS WORKING
ON CONFIRMING A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE PEOPLE WERE GOING
HUNGRY.
PEOPLE WERE DIEING.
RIGHT NOW SAY YOU GET THIS THING
PASSED.
HOW LONG BEFORE PEOPLE GET THAT
MONEY IN THEIR POCKET?
GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED?
>> WELL, A LOT OF THE VEHICLES
ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FROM THE
FIRST C.A.R.E.S. ACT.
THAT PUT A LOT OF MONEY OUT.
SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT.
THE LANGUAGE USED BASICALLY HAS
BEEN TWEAKED ALONG AROUND THE
NEEDS.
THIS IS AROUND NEED, NOT GREED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT MONEY THAT
SHOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN IT BEFORE
OR LOANS THEY DIDN’T NEED.
WE WERE ABLE TO BASICALLY
STREAMLINE THIS TO HOPEFULLY GET
TO THE NEED OF AMERICA.
I JUST THINK THERE’S A LOT OF
GOOD THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO DO
AND WORK OUT.
IT’S A VERY GOOD ROAD MAP AND
TEMPLATE.
I UNDERSTAND THEY’RE USING THAT,
AND THAT’S THE OATH WAYNLY WAY T
EXPEDITING IN.
THE LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, TAKES A
WHILE TO GET LEGISLATION BACK IN
PLACE AFTER THE BILL DRAFTERS.
WE’VE ALREADY DONE THAT AND
HAPPY TO PLAY A PART, HAPPY WE
MOVED THEM, HAPPY IT’S GOING TO
GET DONE AND WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS ALIVE.
LIKE YOU SAID, RATHER THAN
COMING TO A CRISIS EVERY TIME
AND HAVING TO HAVE A DEADLINE,
WHY CAN’T WE HAVE A NORMAL
PROCEDURE?
I’M EXCITED ABOUT JOE BIDEN
BEING OUR PRESIDENT, BEING ABLE
TO WORK UNDERSTANDING HOW THE
SENATE SHOULD WORK, BECAUSE HE
MADE IT WORK BEFORE, AND MITCH
McCONNELL, AND CHUCK SCHUMER AND
ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.
IT SHOULDN’T JUST BE ON THE LAPS
OF LEADERSHIP BUT BASICALLY ALL
OF US PARTICIPATING IN THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS, STEPHANIE.
THAT’S HOW THIS WORKS AND
SHOULDN’T HAVE THE LOGJAMS WE’VE
BEEN HAVING.
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE’RE EXCITED.
>> TALKING ABOUT STREAMLINING
THE SPRORT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE?
THE SUPPORT?
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE,
RE-UPPING THE PPE.
ALL SORTS OF BUSINESSES DIDN’T
NEED THE MONEY AT ALL AND TOOK
IT.
NOW THIS BILL DOESN’T APPEAR TO
HAVE THE RESTAURANT BILL IN IT
AMEND FOR THOUSANDS OF
RESTAURANTS GOING UNDER EVERY
SINGLE DAY --
>> NO, STEPHANIE, WE HAVE
RESTAURANTS -- YEAH.
IT HAS RESTAURANTS.
MOST CERTAINLY.
RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO BE IN
THIS BILL.
THAT’S THE FRONT LINE.
HAIR
THEY’RE GOING DOWN AND MAY NEVER
COME BACK.
WE KNOW THAT.
STAGES, VENUES, TRANSPORTATION
IS IN IT.
MASS TRANSIT, THEY’RE GOING
DOWN, HAVING A HARD TIME.
WE TRIED TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING
WE COULD.
FAR AS THE PPP PROGRAM YOU HAVE
TO SHOW A 30% REVENUE LOSS TO
EVEN QUALIFY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE 300 EMPLOYEES
OR LESS TO EVEN QUALIFY.
WE’RE AIMING THIS AT SMALLER
BUSINESSES AND ALL SMALL
BUSINESS, ALL RESTAURANTS HAD
TREMENDOUS DROPS AND WE GAVE IN
THIS BILL, STEPHANIE, MORE NEXT