agreement, "i am pleased to announce a deal has been struck , chucktch mcconnell schumer, nancy pelosi, and house minority leader kevin mccarthy, on a two-year budget and debt ceiling with no poison pills." nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer released a joint statement that begins by saying, "today, i bipartisan areement has been reached -- bipartisan agreement has been reached that will advance in middle-class priorities that advances the well-being of the american people. it concludes by saying the house will move swiftly to bring the budget caps and debt ceiling agreement legislation to the floor. this credit is expected to vote to permanently fund the 9/11 victim compensation fund. it comes as the current $7 billion victim compensation fund

is being depleted and has cut in a fit payments of up to 70%. you can watch live coverage on c-span2. here is a preview. >> versus schulz covers -- marissa schulz joins us with him about the 9/11 victim compensation fund bill being voted on by the senate tuesday. the senate votes to permanently reauthorize the fund. what are the details in this bill? that extends the 9/11 victims compensation fund to the year 2092 does not have a plug-in of six but the idea is the legislation would live on for the lifetime of these september 11 victims. >> who are some of the sponsors we might recognize? widespread bill has support from both sides of the aisle. there is about 75 cosponsors -- 75 out of 100 cosponsors in the senate, and senator used in

gillibrand and senator schumer have taken the lead on that. -- kiersten gillibrand and senator schumer have taken the lead on that. host: can you tell us a little bit about them? is namede legislation after 39/11 first responders from new york reserve background zero. unfortunately, all of them have gotten sick after their service at ground zero and have died in the years cents. -- since. the alvarez tried to -- lou eldreth spent his final years trying to lobby for this bill. he had emotional testimony with jon stewart in the days before his final act, he gave senator mitch mcconnell a way to push as this legislation forward. host: the house had already passed this bill. 402-12, more than one week ago.

what went into getting this legislation to the senate? guest: the legislation had bipartisan support but there were two senators holding it up. rand paul from kentucky and senator mike lee from utah. was week, what happened gillibrand starts to pass this through unanimous consent on the senate floor. these two senators held it up. on thursday, they reached a compromise. these two senators were allowing amendments tomorrow. assuming they would be voted down, then the bill would go to full passage in the senate and it is expected to pass. host: you mentioned jon stewart, formerly of the daily show. how much influence did he and the first responders, how much influence did they have? guest: jon stewart has made this his passion project. he started it when he was the host of the daily show, and in the years since, he has forged friendships with these first

responders and they have turned to him for his leadership as well. he has come to congress times to push these lawmakers for action and these first responders have come to the whole so many times, asking for help. many of them sick, many of them dying, on oxygen tanks and wheelchairs, and they have offered very emotional testimonials to get this through, and in fact, jon stewart had a very viral video moment last month before the house judiciary committee, when he essentially said shame on you for not getting this done, and it really from these lawmakers -- sprung these lawmakers into action. host: what is president trump's take on this bill? guest: he is expected to pass it. senator schumer has said, you know, in both chambers, they expect to have a veto proof majority. if something strange happens, and president trump vetoes it, it would still get through, according to senator schumer. host: we will keep looking for

your tweets. you're reporting website. thank you so much. guest: thank you. here is a look at two things like programming on the c-span networks. the house returns for what is expected to be its final week of work before the august recess. they come in at noon for general speeches. supportingor work on israel. 10:00.ate comes in at they have scheduled both on confirmation of mark expert to be defense -- marc esper to be defense secretary. c-span watch that on two. christopher wray testifies before the house oversight committee on c-span3, starting at 10:00 a.m. also house intelligence committee share alex shift talks about the mother report with the former special counsel at 2:00 eastern. at