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and we re also going to save billions of dollars on going after criminals who commit fraud. a lot of people are saying to me they don t like the idea i m prepared to forgive up to $20,000 if you got a pell grant or $10,000 for anybody who has a student loan during the recession. well, guess what, we pay the so called ppp program, we paid significant i think it s $900 billion. don t hold me to that number, but it s well over 9 for anybody who had a tough time with their business during the pandemic so they could pay employees. but guess what, you may remember, i was running for office at the time, you all may remember it that i had a big fight with the former president. and maybe future president. bless me father. anyway, all kidding aside, and here s the deal, what happened was the folks are really going after me for trying to, and by the way, 90% of all debt forgiveness for student loans will go to, under my plan, 90% will go to families making under $75,000 a year. ....
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On the eve of the budget the first to be delivered by the chancellorjeremy hunt there s expected to be a significant expansion of free childcare provision in england. it s part of a strategy to get more people back to work given the shortage of staff in some key sectors. scotland, wales and northern ireland are expected to receive equivalent levels of funding. the latest economic figures underline the challenge facing the government as well as the pressure on household budgets. our economics editor faisal islam has more details. it is a back to work budget, that s the promise, but will it help it will centre on one of the biggest expansions of childcare in england equivalent to the other nations. parents of one end two year olds will get the same 30 hours of support is currently extended to three and four year olds and more funding will go to providers that could see tens of thousands of ....
That want to hold this up and then also the progressives who have said, look, we re not voting on an infrastructure package until we do the budget first. and nancy pelosi has a three-vote margin that she is dealing with right now. so it is quite a tightrope to get everybody on the same page and find the way forward. we did see speaker pelosi just a few minutes ago. she was going to open the house floor for tonight s votes that will be coming up here in just a little bit. she said she had not spoken to many of the nine moderates because they had not connected yet. she also said that she did think that the budget, that she maintains that she wants to move forward with her plan, which is to vote on the budget first and then get to infrastructure. and that has been her plan all along, jake. we know that nancy pelosi typically what she goes for is what she gets. so it would be quite rare to see anything changed. but again we are watching to see exactly what s going to come out of this house ....