Covid relief bill advances in the Senate without Republican support
On Thursday, Vice President Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to begin debate on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill. Some Republican lawmakers argue it is too expensive and does not focus on fighting the pandemic.
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![George W. Bush wearing a suit and tie: Visiting TODAY in person live as his new book “Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants” is published, former President George W. Bush talks to Hoda Kotb about the verdict awaited in the Derek Chauvin trial. “People know that the trial has been conducted fairly and that rule of law reigns supreme,” he says. “We’ll see what a jury of [Chauvin’s] peers has to say.”](http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1fR6mV.img?h=70&w=94&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=900&y=448 "Former President George W. Bush comments on Derek Chauvin trial - Provided by NBC News")
![George W. Bush wearing a suit and tie: Visiting TODAY in person live as his new book “Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants” is published, former President George W. Bush talks to Hoda Kotb about the verdict awaited in the Derek Chauvin trial. “People know that the trial has been conducted fairly and that rule of law reigns supreme,” he says. “We’ll see what a jury of [Chauvin’s] peers has to say.”](http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1fR6mV.img?h=170&w=300&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=900&y=448 "Former President George W. Bush comments on Derek Chauvin trial - Provided by NBC News")
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