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Rep. Stephanie Murphy, one of the Dem holdouts on the legislation, told us she hasn’t made a decision yet on whether to back the Build Back Better bill yet. “I haven’t seen all of the CBO estimates so I’m not prepared to answer your question yet.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bensiegel: .@GOPLeader tells @pkcapitol Trump called him this morning from the golf course. “I have lots of friends. I talk to a lot o… — PolitiTweet.org

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Full cost estimate coming TODAY from CBO; could clear way for passage of bill in House tonight. Could also stall action if estimate comes up short and moderates balk — PolitiTweet.org

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Nancy Pelosi, who vowed today to "fight" to keep the SALT provisions in the bill, facing pushback from Bernie Sanders, who is looking to change it. Sanders: "I think it's bad politics, it's bad policy. ... Bottom line, We need to help the middle class, not the 1%." https://t.co/FLeMVPrvMU — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Pelosi if she's concerned at all that GOP may now strip Dems of committees in a Republican majority, and she argued it was "unlikely" Republicans would win House, and added: "We would not walk away from our responsibilities for fear of something they may do in the future." https://t.co/DqbFupYoMw — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: .@GOPLeader McCarthy says at his weekly presser that if Republicans win back the House, he plans to reinstate Gosar & Greene o… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @therecount: Speaker Pelosi in response to @mkraju on the possibility that the GOP will censure Dems when they’re in power in the future… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi on why the fallout of passing the Build Back Better bill will be different than ACA, which passed the House in 2010 months before Dems lost control of the chamber. “The messaging on it will be immediate, intense and make a difference,” she says of BBB — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi just defended the SALT provisions, saying they’re necessary in cities that provide lots of services and says it’s a “fight” she’s willing to have — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi says that Build Back Better bill could pass House today. “Those votes hopefully will take place later this afternoon.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Bernie Sanders on SALT provisions in House’s Build Back Better bill: “I think it’s wrong. I think it's bad politics. It's bad policy. … We’ve got to demand that the wealthy start paying their fair share of taxes, not give them more tax breaks,” he told reporters this AM — PolitiTweet.org

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“As soon as we receive the final CBO estimates for Member review, we can then proceed to votes on the revised Rule with the Manager’s Amendment and final passage,” she tells her colleagues — PolitiTweet.org

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“Debate on the legislation began today at 10:15 a.m.  In preparation for the vote on the Floor, we have received most of the information that we need from the Senate parliamentarian on the privilege scrub. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi on timing of Build Back Better bill. “Very soon, the American people will have an historic cause for celebration, with the passage of the transformative Build Back Better Act.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin just told me he has NOT decided on whether to vote to proceed to the Build Back Better bill. If he voted NO, it would stall the effort. He also said “no, not at all” when asked if House passage of the bill — as soon as today — would influence his thinking — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlexThomp: “So you don’t misused or underused?” “No, I don’t” https://t.co/maFAF8t4M7 — PolitiTweet.org

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House Dem leaders are still hopeful there can be a vote as soon as tonight on the Build Back Better bill, but CBO hasn’t yet provided numbers on some of the largest parts of the measure including on taxes. They hope to get those numbers today and push bill through tonight — PolitiTweet.org

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CNN Poll of Polls ( six most recent polls) Nov. 1-15 Biden Job Approval   Approve      44% Disapprove   51% — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZcohenCNN: New(ish): The Jan. 6 committee has talked to over 200 witnesses. Some were subpoenaed. Witnesses include: - Current & fmr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: It's the first such summit, which have come to be known as the "Three Amigos" summit, since 2016. https://t.co/Na92Qhy… — PolitiTweet.org

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Don Bacon on Gosar: "I'm not going to whitewash what he did; it was wrong." Says it's a "mistake" for Ds to kick Rs off panels. "Retribution is not good. I think it's going to happen." Tom Rice on tweet: "It's childish and stupid...But is it inciting violence? Absolutely not." https://t.co/P0ka6YlM9g — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: Largest of the 10 BBB titles released so far My rough topline read between CBO and the WH estimates circulated to Hous… — PolitiTweet.org

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Tlaib snubbed of an AF1 ride over her infrastructure vote — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer and Pelosi announce that the House and Senate will try to reach an agreement on the USICA, which is a big Schumer priority that he had tried to include in defense authorization bill. But Senate GOP opposed that move. Now this could help move defense bill along — PolitiTweet.org

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Jared Golden, a Maine Dem, is undecided on whether to support the Build Back Better plan, I’m told. Tonight he tweeted his concerns over the SALT provisions that a group of Northeastern and West Coast Dems got into the bill, something he’s raised before https://t.co/KpUZLIsUZR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @morgan_rimmer: Reminder that Dems can only lose *3* votes on BBB and still have it pass the House — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Don Bacon, a moderate from Nebraska, after voting NO: “I just think it's a mistake to take people off committees because this is a precedent that the Democrats are gonna have to live by when they're the minority.” “Retribution is not good. I think it's going to happen.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Per @AnnieGrayerCNN @MZanona: Among the group of GOP standing with Gosar in the well as the censure was read: MTG Clyde Biggs Rosendale Gaetz Roy Clay Higgins Miller — PolitiTweet.org

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Gosar censured by House and loses his committee spots. 223-207-1, with three no shows.   Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney the lone GOP YES votes. Rep. David Joyce voted present.   Reps. Barry Loudermilk, Scott Perry and Morgan Griffith did not vote. https://t.co/DzmXcPrEAw — PolitiTweet.org

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David Joyce, Republican of Ohio, told me he voted PRESENT on Gosar resolution because he said the House Ethics Committee is meeting to discuss the Gosar tweet and video. He serves on the committee — PolitiTweet.org