host: christina marcos, your reaction. guest: there was a provision that would provide an extension of the bay area rapid transit system, but the senate parliamentarian ordered that provision had to be removed. that was something republicans were touting last week is something the argued was waste will spending and unrelated to the coronavirus relief. that's one provision that is no longer in there. the reason democrats do have that is because some any fewer people are traveling or commuting to work on a regular basis that a lot of these transit industries are really suffering. so the provision in this relief bill is providing support for trains, for amtrak, the airline industry to help them get through this pandemic. so there's already mute -- until there's heard immunity and people are more comfortable being in close contact. host: the expander $3000 child tax credit would help 10 million kids living in property -- in poverty. what are the chances for success? guest: the one thing the bill does is raise the child tax cre

host: christina marcos,

christina marcos, thank you for joining us. guest: thanks for having me. host: take us back to the senate final action on saturday. what did it change about the $1.9 trillion bill that the house will have to wrestle with this week? guest: there are two major changes that were made in the senate. the first one being the restrictions on the direct stimulus payments, that is a central part of the previous pandemic relief bills. rather than the maximum amount that one can qualify for to get a check is still incomes of $75,000 for individual. they used to be people up to 100,000. now that will beat cap to $80,000. a number of moderates were concerned there were some higher income people who were getting these payments when they didn't really need them. so that's one major change we will see. this does mean there are some people who got stimulus checks last year who won't get them. the weekly insurance -- unemployment insurance supplement. additionally in-house bill that passed a couple weeks ago, that would've been $400 per week. but now it's going to remain at

host: christina marcos,>> "wash" continues. host: looking for your calls. here's what the wall street journal had to say about this. the federal debt is projecting to almost double by the year 2051 reflecting rising costs for health care and debt service. the forecasts don't take into account the covid bill that was proposed by president biden backed by democrats. democrats say the measures needed to ease pain from the business closures and job losses caused by the pandemic and related restriction on economic activity paid congressional republicans object to the size of the stimulus package and of .2 growing budget deficit and debt as a reason to keep spending in check. they argue the economy is already poised for stronger growth. budget deficits will widen in 2051, from 5.7% in 2031 driven largely by increasing costs servicing the debt. net spending on interest will triple relative to gdp in two decades eating up to 2051, spending on programs like social security and medicare will also rise. some of the basics there, boarding from the washington -- republi

host: christina marcos, your reaction.st: there was a provision that would provide an extension of the bay area rapid transit system, but the senate parliamentarian ordered that provision had to be removed. that was something republicans were touting last week is something the argued was waste will spending and unrelated to the coronavirus relief. that's one provision that is no longer in there. the reason democrats do have that is because some any fewer people are traveling or commuting to work on a regular basis that a lot of these transit industries are really suffering. so the provision in this relief bill is providing support for trains, for amtrak, the airline industry to help them get through this pandemic. so there's already mute -- until there's heard immunity and people are more comfortable being in close contact. host: the expander $3000 child tax credit would help 10 million kids living in property -- in poverty. what are the chances for success? guest: the one thing the bill does is raise the child tax credit

monday morning, christina marco, congressional reporter for the hill, talked about congress for the future of biden's legislative agenda especially covid-19 relief legislation. open the books.com founder discusses federal coronavirus response spending. watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. be sure to join the discussion with phone calls, emails, texts, and tweets. >>>> this weekend, the senate passed a nearly $2 trillion covid-19 relief plan. the legislation passed by a partyline vote of 50-49 now heads to the house and is expected to be taken up tuesday. the house returns for legislative business monday. the senate tuesdays expected to work on the nomination of congresswoman marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. other nominations considered this week include michael regan to beat epa administrator and judge merrick garlin to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return monday at noon eastern on c-span. you can watch live coverage of the senate when they return tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two . >> >> next, s

christina marcos, thank you for joining us. guest: >> congressional reporter for the hill thank you for joining us thise. morning. take us back to the senate's final action on saturday. what did it change about the one.9 trillion-dollar bill

christina marcos, thank you for joining us. guest: thanks for having me.ake us back to the senate final action on saturday. what did it change about the $1.9 trillion bill that the house will have to wrestle with this week? guest: there are two major changes that were made in the senate.

christina marcos, thank you for joining us. guest: thanks for having me. host: take us back to the senate final action on saturday. what did it change about the $1.9 trillion bill that the house will have to wrestle with this week? guest: there are two major changes that were made in the senate. the first one being the restrictions on the direct stimulus payments, that is a central part of the previous pandemic relief bills. rather than the maximum amount that one can qualify for to get a check is still incomes of $75,000 for individual. they used to be people up to 100,000. now that will beat cap to $80,000. a number of moderates were concerned there were some higher income people who were getting these payments when they didn't really need them. so that's one major change we will see. this does mean there are some people who got stimulus checks last year who won't get them. the weekly insurance -- unemployment insurance supplement. additionally in-house bill that passed a couple weeks ago, that would've been $400 per week. but now it's going to remain at