urposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 1-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair.

host: what's going to take place

as far as eligibility is oncerned saying that a spokesperson for senator schumer confirmed the phaseout would be similar to the spring stimulus package. the cares act stimulus checks decreased for 2019 adjusted taxable ome federally income above $75,000 per individual or $150,000 per couple and then the checks completely phasing out earning above $99,000 and joint filers with no children at $198,000. so that's just some of the details of the bill that's being expected pass today. if you want to give us a call up 10:00, you can do so on the phone lines and reach out to media.witter and social speaking of which, several members of congress doing so package. expected senator john cornyn, the republican from texas, adding this. pelosi and s, schumer have agreed to a $900 months after hree turning down an offer of $1.8

treasury secretary mnuchin. and chuck schumer said we act ed the save our stages or indie music venues, broadway, comedy clubs, indie movie theaters and more. jobs.are people's i won't stop fighting for him. york.ew adriano espaillat from new york saying congressional democrats gridlock to the agree on a $900 billion emergency package that will emergency relief to n.y. 13 individuals. vern presentative buchanan, republican from florida, saying, although it have,onger than it should congress finally has a targeted covid relief bill to help struggling americans. the bill provides most americans with a $600 stimulus check, xtends unemployment benefits, extends the paycheck protection program and helps schools reopen. the bill does not, and that word capitals, doesn't include

bailout money to states that mismanage their budget. just some of the congressional reaction. gain, an expected vote on this today. in both the senate and house. jay starts us off up until we at 10:00, from wake forest, north carolina, 202-748-8921 line, jay, go ahead -- north republican line, jay, go ahead. caller: this is a ripoff. whole lotbe getting a more money. we all know that nancy pelosi held this up. ow this whole government is turning into a joke. that's my personal opinion. but the reason i was actually yourng originally was from last guest. i don't know if you were aware cnn is, but he was on and -- host: ok, caller, i will apologize. is the jeg ic sment -- segment -- we do appreciate the first portion of comments. robin in new york, independent line, hi. caller: hello. morning.

host: good morning. aller: i'm just wanting to make a comment on what the before --said earlier host: again, we're talking about relief that is being debated in congress. what about that? caller: i'm referring to a man who called in. it's terribly unfair hat for all the people who scraped and worked hard to pay loans.ir student host: well, that's not a part of now.s being debated what to you think about this package that will be passed? caller: i'm glad they finally it's not just nd person. $600 per for a person like me whose -- go ahead.

go ahead and finish your thought. caller: for a person like me lives alone, $600 is not a whole lot. fixed income of social security. but you know, it's better than nothing. i didn't have before. so i'm grateful. host: anita in suffolk, new york, democrats' line. good morning. you're next up. ok.er: 106 broad six. regardless.e on your statement about the bills that are expected to pass in the today.and senate teacher.i am a retired congress today is better than nothing. need to do more in the next congress. hopefully they will be able to stimulus e meaningful ill and have more help for

everybody else compromise. is a obviously we need to do more. president -- of course, our president was screwing things up big time. to be done about him. host: renters being considered in this new round of aid. of all, $82 billion for schools and colleges as part of an , but it also includes extension of the eviction moratori moratorium which was set to kick 1.january that's been extended. also includes $25 billion for assistance. this includes $20 billion for maller businesses, $15 billion for live venues. you heard the senate minority eader reference that in his tweet. and then $9 billion for treasury programs that cater low-income communities.ed $20 billion for vaccine purposes. vaccine omes to

distribution, money for that. and testing, as you heard pelosi, $20 billion for that. relief of $20 billion for health care providers. programs assistance will see $13 billion come from this. and also $45 billion for systems, transit highways, and amtrak. include a lso will bill to keep the federal government funded. extension being signed yesterday. that's also a part of this overall package. rom linda in memphis, tennessee, independent line. caller: hello. host: hi. on.re caller: yes. three quick things. eople believe this country's still in god's hands, he's still in control. number two, this package is a in the face to american individuals. this is our taxpayer money. deserved more. we deserved our money to be us.n back to $600 is not going to get anybody anywhere. going to maybe pay -- and

that's it. me, r three, believe eople, if they -- pelosi correlated p.p.p. to state and ocal funds, but they didn't correlate the individual payments to the small businesses. they can give all the money they want to the small businesses. but if we the people don't have to spend with those small businesses, that money was they still going out of business. host: ok. from bill chapel hill. hi. caller: i am absolutely disgusted with the way this relief package is being put together. they're debating this, they're trying to determine what color to paint a bridge. desperate eople in need. the people on unemployment are bottom of the wrung. me that disgusting to

democrats are not taking care of those. been on lsby has multiple times saying this us eight ill assure million to 10 million additional people into poverty and we'll go dip recession in january. biden will enter the office with a crater so deep it will take a two, if then, to dig out of. and d it very frustrating very upsetting that the party that is supposed to care for the treating the people this way. to be said they need getting $600 additional unemployment benefits. needs to be beefed up quickly. what the other thing i find uite interesting is, it looks like we have a little bit of pork or payback in this. getting irlines are another bailout to pay their off employees, 100% of their salary, all of their care, and ealth prescription drugs.

and from what i can put ogether, seems to be because they're paying back the campaign donations that they received for re-election. host: ok. hear from terry. terry in white bluff, tennessee, republican line. caller: am i on? host: you're on. go ahead. caller: thank you. why they didn't put the $800 billion that's still left over from the cares with the stimulus program they have going on now so they check. out more stimulus $600 really isn't going to help anyone at all. the 17-year h i got a children, 17-year-old granddaughter and the first one that didn't get a paycheck at all. i don't understand why they this round ded in either. and really, it was the epublicans, not the democrats -- i know i am calling n the republican line and i am a republican but i don't

understand why it wasn't included with that. it was the republicans that did, you know, all that including money in and it goes back to the treasury, again, with mnuchin, know, trying to maneuver the treasury. to the so i don't understand why they an't just include it into a bigger package to help more americans out because $600 isn't going to help anyone. that's terry in white bluff, tennessee. if you follow twitter and you now the idea of what things trend on twitter, there's a story out there when it comes to twitter, the stimulus package, just to show you the headline. is shtag that's emerging #letthemeatcake. david in massachusetts. line.ndent morning.yes, good i have a question that has not been answered at all on chuck schumer,

nancy pelosi, anyone. f you separate the two unemployments, one is for the enhanced unemployment, i which is the $300. is that, i understand, if it correct, is 11 weeks extended. the individual continuing ployment for people like myself that are self-employed people? can you answer that for me? host: i can't. to your probably refer state. there is a provision for self-employed extension of the weeks, as we 1 showed you initially, but i don't know if i can answer any those questions you have. describe your situation. what do you do? caller: i'm in the apparel industry as a representative and has been totally devastated. my retailers are doing

hardly any business, especially clothing end of it which is suits and sports coats and my business has been least 80%. and, you know, so i, like many, other folks, self-employed, whatever, a gig worker, it's called, have been devastated by this. and i like to know the answer. going achusetts, if it's to be 16 weeks, and then 11 enhanced benefit, which is the $300, so i need an that. for no one knows it. it's very vague. last comment to everybody personally, as a ne-time -- i feel a two-party system in this country is a thing of the past. accomplished. i lost a lot of faith in our country. i don't think this will change unfortunately. but a two-party system is

broken. host: ok. mervis in washington ever everett, democrats' line. good morning. my thing with this is that they think that people that owed child support are not geticans because they don't a part of the stimulus check. the last stimulus, they told me sent me $1,200 for stimulus id then they said the i.r.s., got a letter later saying the took the $1,200 for child support. child support isn't the only have.hat i car note.e rent, same life that other people the same life. and they're just trying to say, because you owe child support, stimulus.get no

and i'm thinking it will be the stimulus, for this the $600. $600 isn't a lot. something. and i don't think it's right for the to just exclude all americans that owe child support that part of this money they all just -- host: that's mervis from state.ton we'll hear from steven in republican atwater, line. hello. caller: hi. let t to call in and everybody know, as far as i believe, in june when the democrats -- when the out licans were offering the $1,200 and their portion of of the stimulus amounts and to help our p.p.p., i truly were e that democrats inhibiting the situation because of their hatred toward donald trump. that we actually shorted us down to $600.

if it was true at the time, they to the ve signed on $1,200. if not, the $600 that time they wanted, and then another $600 would have helped everybody. the way they're treating small business people and everything else. retired contractor in california. life is tough. i am now on disability. agree with the other gentleman. issue.upport is an but the money goes toward your arrearage. host: steven in california, just to give you a sense of the political back and forth. ere are statements made both from the majority leader and minority leader of the senate. clip] >> from where i stand, senate epublicans stand, there is no reason why this urgent package couldn't have been signed into ago.ultiple months senator mcconnell: for months, senate republicans have onsistently supported a

targeted rescue package under $1 the same ocused on kinds of policies that we've today.y settled on as far back as july. have consistently supported a targeted package ight in the ballpark of this total amount with exactly the ame kinds of policies in the mix. the package that will shortly within law falls exactly the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing pass since last summer. schumer: by all rights, a bill should have passed months ago. the country needed it. but we all know what happened. the republican majority caused of delay eight months and gridlock. 20 members of the senate no money.anted when the republican leader months he ets, for said, let's examine the crisis.

on pause while democrats were demanding more action. the idea that this was -- this delay was caused by was alice in wonderland history. republican majority that didn't want to vote for the money. host: $600 stimulus is merely making it look like, and those re in caps, government is trying to help. and then decor from twitter as inhe cequitable. a few dollars over the limit. and now support home office overhead that three companies used to pay. bills are up and my legislators slapped me in the again.r zero for me "the washington post," just to this ght, $1.4 billion in package for border wall construction. technology. also an unexpected tax break for

lobbied meal expenses by the white house and strongly denounced by congressional democrats, according to two eople with knowledge of the matter. barbara is from kentucky, line. hi. hi.ler: host: you're on. go ahead. caller: ok. think that $600 -- i live on security. nothing. $600 is but another thing. talking about them taking his child support, ell, if he had paid it when he was supposed to, they wouldn't be taking it now. host: ok. michael in wilmington, north democrats' line, hi. caller: yes. i want to address the woman that speaking.hrough she has to understand that there's a lot of us men out unemployed.re that's not able to find a job at this time. child s been paying support until this point.

so let's get that out the way. know what she's talking about. ok. number two is the fact that sma small businesses, how can we have enough money -- because i bar or any nto a to l business that needs us come to them to pay for their goods, to pay for their -- to for their hospitality. if i am not making enough money, getting enough money and also not having a job, also child support on top of the fact i was paying child support at the same tieng, young lady -- time, young lady, i want her to understand it too. of us good men, it wasn't meant to be happening to us on purpose. fault of our own. number three is, i don't like that the $600 was -- is definitely not enough. it's not enough to pay for a lot

of the bills that we are behind on and the fact been months that we are so behind on bills and aking care of our kids, our children. host: ok. robert in michigan, you are line.democrats' hi. caller: hi. how's it going? host: fine, thank you. go ahead, please. caller: so armed chair mathematician, it seems like the algorithm i can understand basing the $300 a eek is kind of in a way the overnment saying, people are making $14,400 a year. 12 ou break it down into months budgetary plan, whatever are.e's lives most people live as a waitress rapids, michigan, are

paying $1,400 a month in rent. that's one bill. you know, trying to understand the idea, the for coming up with formulas, how's the government up with formulas to say, ok, compared to canada, compared countries. host: ok. one more, robert, from new york, republican line. the last call. go ahead. caller: hello. host: hi. go ahead, please. caller: hello! host: you're on the air. go ahead, please. hello!: host: that's robert from new york and he will be the last this segment. thank you to all of you who have called and participated. hat is it for the program today. another edition of "washington journal" comes your way tomorrow. stay close to c-span networks the day for the latest on the coronavirus relief package. thanks for watching. we'll see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.

visit ncicap.org] >> nancy pelosi spoke on the floor this morning about the coronavirus relief measure. here's a look. without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. the speaker: thank you very