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signed into law on friday. president biden also announcing in just the last hoursh more vaccine split in the u.s. ensures the u.s. will have more than enough supply to vaccinate the entire population. heres president biden moments ago in the latest push. were now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may, month earlier than anyone expected. today im directing, my hhs team, to produce another 100 million doses and perform another of the 100 mill...

>> the presidents spokesperson almost gleeful. joining me now, dean baker, author of "rigged, how the rules of the modern economy were structured to make the rich richer." dean, youre a budget nerd and ive counted on you for budget commentary for years. i cant decide between two things. is this a standard republican budget or something different? its somewhere in between. this is an extreme version of a republican budget. its very mean spirited, theyre going after programs that help lower income...

Fed so they do better in school. guess what? theres no demonstrable evidence theyre actually doing that. theres no dem men straonstrabl theyre doing better. >> the presidents spokesperson almost gleeful. jhi joining me now, dean baker, author of "rigged, how the rules of the modern economy were structured to make the rich richer." dean, youre a budget nerd and ive counted on you for budget commentary for years. i cant decide between two things. is this a standard republican budget or something d...

Theres no demonstrable evidence theyre actually doing that. theres no demonstrable results theyre doing better. >> the presidents spokesperson almost gleeful. joining me now, dean baker, author of "rigged, how the rules of the modern economy were structured to make the rich richer." dean, youre a budget nerd and ive counted on you for budget commentary for years. i cant decide between two things. is this a standard republican budget or something different? . its somewhere in between. this is an ...

Markets in an absolutely downward spiral. thats why -- [ inaudible ] if i were the republican, id say cmon, im a budget nerd. thats where i started. it works. it was a bipartisan mechanism. we have done this before. we can do it again. >> jamie: let robert weigh in. equal time. robert? >> thanks. the interesting piece is if it doesnt pass, it wont pass because of a republican vote in the house of representatives. it will be contrary to the republican leadership articulated that they want it to p...