Speaker 1: This is taking Stock with Pim Box and Kathleen Hayes
Speaker 1: on Bloomberg Radio. This is taking Stock, a special edition
Speaker 1: of Taking Stock on the Road at the Kimpton Morrison
Speaker 1: House Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia in the Washington metro area,
Speaker 1: Bloomberg one and one oh five point seven FM h
Speaker 1: D two. And you know, Kathleen, I had to learn
Speaker 1: a little of the geography because particularly for our next guest,
Speaker 1: who is at the Capitol right now, that's about what
Speaker 1: five miles from where we are across the Potomac. Nathaniel
Speaker 1: Wexel is a reporter for Bloomberg B n A and Nathaniel, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I note today that it is wet, it
Speaker 1: is damp outside, and then it's going to get hot
Speaker 1: in the summertime. I've I've been in Virginia in the
Speaker 1: summertime in our nation's capital as well, it gets very warm.
Speaker 1: Does that have anything to do with House Republicans putting
Speaker 1: fourth a six d and twenty two million dollar funding
Speaker 1: bill to fight the Zeka virus. Well, it is just
Speaker 1: in time for mosquito season, so it can hurt. So
Speaker 1: tell us about what's going on right So House Republicans
Speaker 1: have just put forward, as you said, six hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty two million dollars in an effort to fight the
Speaker 1: Zeke of virus UH. And this bill is set to
Speaker 1: be voted on either tomorrow or Thursday. And it's sort
Speaker 1: of part of this ongoing effort in Congress as a
Speaker 1: way to to fight this disease which is mosquito born.
Speaker 1: And as we've said, it's almost mosquito season here in
Speaker 1: the Mid Atlantic. And of course Blue A based in
Speaker 1: Alexandria where we are now. My first visit to this
Speaker 1: quaint town, red brick sidewalks and roads, etcetera. So now
Speaker 1: when I talk to you on during the show, Nathaniel,
Speaker 1: have a picture in mind of of how where you
Speaker 1: usually are. Uh. The but your this is a big
Speaker 1: deal obviously, But what are the politics here? Republicans proposing
Speaker 1: one amount to fight z got, Democrats proposing another. Right, Well,
Speaker 1: it's it's not necessarily democrats, is the Well it is
Speaker 1: the the White House wants one point nine billion dollars
Speaker 1: UH to fight zeke. House Republicans and now come back
Speaker 1: and said, well, we'll give you six two million dollars
Speaker 1: and six d two million is going to be offset,
Speaker 1: and what it means is they're going to be taking
Speaker 1: money that's uh unused from fighting ebola back in and
Speaker 1: they're just going to reobligate it and make it so
Speaker 1: that it can be available for purposes of fighting the
Speaker 1: zeke of virus in the White House has wanted to
Speaker 1: be an emergency request, which means that it's not paid for. Alright, Well,
Speaker 1: so what's the next thing we should be watching, Nathaniel.
Speaker 1: What's the next big event or decision or what's the
Speaker 1: next The Senate is voting on their package today uh
Speaker 1: and tomorrow, and that package is going to be a compromise.
Speaker 1: It's going to be one point one billion dollars, it's
Speaker 1: what's expected. And then when the House votes on their
Speaker 1: version either tomorrow or Thursday of six and two million,
Speaker 1: they're going to have to get together and work it out,
Speaker 1: because the White House today has come out and said
Speaker 1: they're going to veto the House package of six and
Speaker 1: twenty two million if it gets to them. So it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a couple of weeks before we figure out
Speaker 1: what happens. But either way, the House and Center they're
Speaker 1: gonna have to work to some kind of compromise. Nathaniel Exell,
Speaker 1: thank you so very much for joining US reporter for
Speaker 1: Bloomberg b n A, joining us from a Capitol hill
Speaker 1: after a big vote on the zeke of virus. Thank
Speaker 1: you so very much.