president biden. unlikely to draw republicans vote in chamber. 40% say she support the bill they support the bill. but republicans felt they were left out of the process. it didn t have to be this way. could have got bipartisan approval and support but the speaker decided to go in another direction. f now, there certainly can be legitimate reasons not to like this current relief bill like there were legitimate reasons republicans and democrats didn t like the last one. which passed in december and cost $900 billion. feeling left out of the process was listed as a reason then, too. few leaders making decisions without significant input from members and feeling rushed but it passed by wide margins it passed because the whole out weighed the individual parts people didn t like. 359 votes in the democratic controlled house and 92 in the republican senate. it was largely bipartisan, same with the first major covid relief package that cost nearly a year ago, the one that cost
cdc though is cautioning against taking two steps back as more and more states are gearing up to reopen even though only a fraction of their populations have been fully vaccinated, so joining me with more on that is cnn s nick watt. reporter: this country is now averaging under 60,000 new covid-19 cases a day and about 60% of americans, 65 and older, the demo in deepest danger, have had at least one dose of vaccine. no guarantee because we re ramping up our vaccine at record levels every day we re nearly out of the woods. there are now cdc guidelines for the fill vaccinated. basically they can mix unmasked with each in private, in public still mark offed around distanced. i was a little disappoint that had they didn t say anything about travel. we re told the cdc talked about travel but there was never moment mum behind a change. still, more than 5 million people flew over the past five days. spring break is coming up. it s important to to tell people how to travel.
reporter: the money race also coming into focus. desantis report showing his campaign burning through cash at a rapid rate. raising $20 million but already spending nearly 8 million, including $1 million each on travel and payroll. and another $800,000 on digital fund-raising consulting. desantis contrasting his haul with trump. we raised more money than donald trump, the former president. reporter: the former president s report showing his campaign raised $7.7 million in the second quarter, leaving it with $22.5 million cash on hand at the end of june. south carolina senator tim scot just behind him with $21.1 million after raising nearly $6 million over the last three months. after announcing his white house bid last month former vice president mike pence getting off to a slow start.
but i think just dominating the media coverage, i got a lot of coverage in the aftermath of the midterm election. we knew with the national polls that was a sugar high. and the money race coming into focus as they file campaign finance reports. reporter: and desantis raising $20 million but already spenting nearly $8 million, including $1 million each on travel and payroll and another $800,000 on digital fundraising consulting. desantis contrasting his haul with trumps. we raised more money than donald trump did into his campaign who was the former president. reporter: the former president s report showing his campaign raised $17.7 million in the second quarter, leaving it with $22.5 million cash on hand at the end of june. south carolina senator tim scott just behind him with $21.1 million after raising nearly $6 million over the last three months. after announcing his white house
trump s lead in the polls. at the end of the day, bragg indictment just elevated him. there was a lot of sympathy, but then i think just dominating the media coverage. i had gotten a lot of coverage in the aftermath of the midterm election. we all knew with these national polls that that was a sugar high. reporter: the money race also coming into focus as candidates filed their latest campaign finance reports. desantis s report showing his campaign burning through cash at a rapid rate, raising $20 million but already spending nearly 8 million, including $1 million each on travel and payroll and another 800,000 on digital fund-raising consulting. desantis contrasting his haul with trump s. we raised more money than donald trump did into his campaign, when of course was the former president. reporter: the former president s report showing his campaign raised $17.7 million in the second quarter, leaving it with $22.5 million cash on hand at the end of june. south carolina senator