UPDATE: Democrats delay Build Back Better vote after Minority Leader McCarthy stalls with a record, hourslong speech The House is now slated to meet at 8 a.m. on Friday to finish consideration of the Build Back Better bill.
At one point, he quoted Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., saying Americans didn't elect Biden to be FDR, to which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., interrupted and yelled,"I did!"
The CBO estimate unlocked support from key holdouts and projected that the nearly $1.7 trillion package would add $160 billion to the deficit over the next decade, after accounting for taxes and savings to finance it. The White House has been priming Democratic lawmakers for that discrepancy. If the Treasury estimate were swapped in, the bill would be paid for, satisfying a demand of moderates. Key centrists like Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., have said they believe the Treasury projection is more accurate.
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