requires families to jump through, particularly relative to the rest of the safety net. if you are a low-income person and you file your tax return and you said you had a couple of kids, the irs just gives you the money. that s it. you don t have to file reams of paperwork. you don t have to document your work hours and your assets or sit through humiliating interviews. you just get the cash. it s no strings attached. you can spend it as you like. if you were too poor to have filed a tax return and a lot of people don t have to because of their income level you can go online and tell the irs this information. that part of the process is not quite where it needs to be in my view, but the irs is working on it. and this program overall just has the ability to lift so many kids out of poverty, to improve so many families lives. it s really impressive. well, john, the white house would ultimately like to make this permanent, so this is a big test for them to get this right.
there are benefit cliffs. if you make a dollar too much in income, you mild lose your medicaid, for example. or, you know, if you save up too much money in the bank, in some states you could lose your food stamps. this is not how this program works. it s just a much more flexible program, because you get the cash, again, no strings attached. you can pay for diapers which food stamps won t help you with. you can pay for your car payment. you can pay for childcare. you can use the money as you see fit. and you can use it to plug those holes where the existing safety net has left your family exposed. catherine and john, thank you so much, i appreciate it, see you both soon. i says there s total agreement when it comes to voting rights. but do the texas dems who fled their state to stop their colleagues for voting for harsh voting restrictions agree with senator joe manchin after their meeting today? i ll talk with someone who was in the room, next. e!
of support of the senate plan for a standalone vote, that s the key here, what we want. the bills should be up or down voted based on its own merits, no strings attached. as you know, congressman gottheimer, speaker pelosi said she wouldn t put anything on the floor until the senate passes both bills. it s a risky strategy on both sides. have you had conversations with speaker pelosi about it? thank you so much for having me and it s great to be here with brian. something that s rare here, democrats and republicans in the house and the senate actually coming together and agreeing on something and there s nothing more pressing than fixing the infrom structure. what i believe and members of the caucus endorsed yesterday, let s get together and get a vote on this bipartisan infrastructure package the white house backed and we ve been working together now for months
with commissioner reddit on friday with a long conversation just to make sure all the access portal s and all were available and this is up and running. it s more quickly i think than anybody expected as promised mid july and then mid august and then mid september our job now is to make sure this is permanent. not just one year. i just want to show with the numbers are. 3000 per child, 60 17 years old. 3600 per child under six. working families as long as they make up to 150,000 for a couple will qualify. again the key outreach thing here is for someone who s watching those who is apparent with kids and didn t file for tax as you should go to that website and sign up. there s no strings attached right? you re not it s not going to increase. i just wanna make this clear for people. it s not going to increase your income eligibility. it s not taxable income. it s not gonna screw you it s not taxable income nor does it put you above a level
sure all of the access portals and all were available. and this is up and running. it s more quickly, i think, than anybody expected, as promised, mid-july and mid-august, and mid-september, our job now is to make sure this is permanent, not just one year as the law is written now. i want to show the numbers. $3,000 per child 6 to 17 years old, and working families as long as they make up to $150,000 per couple will qualify. the key outreach thing is for someone watching this who is a parent with kids and didn t file for taxes, you should go to that website and sign up. there s no strings attached. you re not going to, like, it s not going to increase i just want to make this clear. it s not going to increase your income eligibility. this is not taxable income. it s not going to screw you. it s not taxable. that s right, it s not taxable income. nor does it put you above a level on anything to make you ineligible for any other