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Were there with, you know, continuing to support the child tax credit, and so weve done so much, and this president has provided such great leadership in this build back better effort. i dont think all of thats going to be forgotten, and decisions are going to be made just on this one piece of legislation. i think people will be appreciative not only for what we have done as we have dealt with this pandemic and the stimulus package that we put together, but theyll also appreciate what were able ...

The petition hit peaks of over 100,000 new supporters a week during the summer COVID-19 surge.

Is really what is worrying -- what is hampering this economy right now, neil. its not that we need more spending. look at the numbers. were coming out of covid. numbers are going down. hospitalizations are going down. the vaccines work. you know that. thank god. im just telling you that that is the best stimulus package youll have, getting people back to work. you need them to unloaned the ships in the pacific ocean to get supplies on the shelves for christmas. this bill does not address that. t...

Since the first stimulus checks were sent out in April 2020, the price of Bitcoin has increased to over $60,000 as of Tuesday, October 26.

Rein in silicon valley, they have different reasons to do so and different visions for how to do so. the other big piece of this, laura, is money. big tech is one of the biggest political spenders in washington. they have for a very long time up here, but incredibly powerful and have gone untouched. so well have to see whether this actually is different this time around. but proponents of cracking down feel like the tides are finally turning in their favor, laura. >> the lobbying aspect of this ...

Popular you wouldnt have to see this administration and president biden spending so much time selling it, katie? >> well, theyre trying to sell something thats not necessarily written yet, right? negotiations are still ongoing. dont necessarily have a final bill at this point or even a final number in terms of what they want to spend. americans are smart. theyre looking at their own pocketbook, theyre looking at the fact that we spent $2 trillion in a so-called stimulus package earlier this year...

Six ongoing stimulus petitions have collectively drawn over 3,501,333 signatures and continued to receive support this weekend.

Were bucket that you were talking about? it seems counterintuitive after weve weathered such a huge economic upheaval because of covid, youd think that workers would be more desperate to hang on to whatever job they have. >> and you are right. and part of -- you think about the supply and demand where the demand is high and companies need more products and services and they are having a hard time for whatever industry from supply chain to retail. part of what we learned from the pandemic, and i ...

Ashley: cheryl casone breaks down the numbers. >> reporter: the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed into law earlier in the are likely adding to the inflation problem. the american rescue plan would add 0.3% to a key metric of inflation known as pce. businesses are offering higher wages to attract workers. they in turn are raising prices was that was one piece of the report that pointed to the reasoning of this, how long as inflation lasts is a good question right now. carley: $8 a gallon for ...

The Change.org petition drew over 2,927,770 signatures as of Saturday, with about 43,000 new supporters in the past month.