众议院民主党领袖希望在本周结束前通过乔·拜登总统提出的1.75万亿美元的气候和社会支出计划，然后将其提交给参议院，在参议院，该计划的命运充其量仍不明朗。

众议院多数党领袖霍耶(Steny Hoyer)周二对记者表示，他希望众议院最早能在周三就该法案展开辩论，然后在周四或周五对该法案进行最终投票，不过他后来承认投票可能会推迟到周末。

“感恩节假期即将到来，我已经告诉成员们，他们将在周四离开这里，”霍耶在新闻电话中对记者说。

这项名为《重建更美好法案》的社会支出法案包含5550亿美元用于气候和清洁能源投资。它将降低一些处方药的成本，扩大儿童税收抵免，扩大普及学前教育，并包括电动汽车税收抵免，带薪休假，住房援助和几十个更进步的优先事项。

据熟悉佩洛西讲话的消息人士透露，在周一国会山的一次深夜会议上，众议院议长佩洛西警告议员们，在众议院通过《重建更美好家园法案》之前，众议院不会按计划进行感恩节休会。

当被问及拜登的计划是否会在本周获得众议院通过时，佩洛西告诉记者:“这将是我们的希望。”

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众议院议长南希·佩洛西，加州民主党中心，两侧是众议院多数党领袖圣...

拜登周二在新罕布什尔州伍德斯托克发表讲话时，也赞同这一时间表。

“我有信心众议院将通过这项法案。当它通过时，它将被提交给参议院，”他说。“我想我们会在一周内通过。”

争论的焦点是，议员们急切地等待无党派的国会预算办公室对该法案的最终成本估算分数。预计CBO将在周五之前公布最终调查结果，不过领导层表示，可能会在此之前公布结果。

民主党领导人也希望无党派机构已经公布的评分将足以团结中间派支持这项措施。

最近几天，CBO公布了该法案各个方面的分数。预计周五的最终评分将包括美国国税局的成本估算和法案中的药物定价条款。

至少有五名众议院民主党温和派人士表示，在同意投票之前，他们需要从CBO那里了解更多信息。

本月早些时候，众议员乔希·戈特海默、埃德·凯斯、斯蒂芬妮·墨菲、凯瑟琳·赖斯和库尔特·施拉德与众议院进步人士达成协议，就拜登周一签署成为法律的1万亿美元两党基础设施法案进行最终投票。

作为回报，温和派向进步派承诺，如果CBO提供更多关于社会支出法案的“财政信息”，他们将承诺在11月15日那一周投票支持该法案。

温和派还表示，如果CBO的成本估计与白宫的估计不一致，他们将“继续致力于”解决他们的分歧，以便通过立法。

民主党领导人和白宫继续坚称，该法案将得到全额支付，部分原因是对大公司向股东报告的公司利润征收15%的最低税。

白宫还估计，该法案将通过增加国税局的执法力度筹集4000亿美元，用于征收未付税款，这将构成该立法的最大收入来源。

但最近的估计表明，美国国税局执行部分的法案将筹集比预期更少的收入-约1200亿美元在十年内。

目前还不清楚温和派将如何回应CBO的估计，尽管众议院领导层仍持乐观态度。

“我们将在本周完成这项工作，”霍耶周二告诉记者。

霍耶说:“我们希望有信心，我们在财政上所说的是法案的现实，事实上也是现实，因为我认为有些议员只是想要这种保证。

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参议员乔·曼钦在与参议院民主党人的午餐会议之外打电话.

霍耶说，他有信心当法案通过时，他们将有足够的票数通过。

但是该法案在成为法律之前还有很长的路要走。

参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默周二表示，他希望该法案能在圣诞节前通过成为法律。

但温和的民主党参议员乔·曼钦(Joe Manchin)尚未批准该法案，他表示，他对民主党的时间表仍有很多担忧。

Clock ticks on House passing social spending infrastructure bill

House Democratic leaders are hoping to pass President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion climate and social spending package by the end of the week before handing it off to the Senate, where its fate remains murky at best.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Tuesday that he wants the chamber to begin debating the bill as soon as Wednesday, followed by a final vote on the bill by Thursday or Friday, though he later acknowledged the vote could slip into the weekend.

"The Thanksgiving break is about to occur, and I've told members that they would be out of here on Thursday," Hoyer said to reporters during a press call.

The social spending bill -- called the Build Back Better Act -- contains $555 billion for climate and clean energy investments. It would reduce the cost of some prescription drugs, extend the child tax credit, expand universal preschool and includes electric-vehicle tax credits, paid leave, housing assistance and dozens more progressive priorities.

During a late-night meeting on Capitol Hill on Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned members that the chamber would not leave for its planned Thanksgiving recess until the Build Back Better Act is passed in the House, according to sources familiar with her remarks.

Asked whether Biden's plan would pass the House this week, Pelosi told reporters: "That would be our hope."

Giving remarks in Woodstock, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, Biden also endorsed that timeline.

"I'm confident that the House is going to pass this bill. And when it passes, it will go to the Senate," he said. "I think we'll get it passed within a week."

At issue is that members are eagerly awaiting a final cost estimate score on the legislation from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO is expected to drop their final findings by Friday, though leadership has said a score could come sooner than that.

Democratic leaders are also hoping already-released scoring from the nonpartisan agency will be enough to rally centrists around the measure.

The CBO has released piecemeal scores on various aspects of the bill in recent days. The final score expected by Friday will include cost estimates on the IRS and drug-pricing provisions in the bill.

At least five House democratic moderates have said they need to see more information from the CBO before they agree to vote.

Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Ed Case, Stephanie Murphy, Kathleen Rice and Kurt Schrader struck a deal with House progressives earlier this month to hold a final vote on the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill that Biden signed into law on Monday.

In return, moderates promised progressives they would commit to voting for the social spending bill the week of Nov. 15 if the CBO provided more "fiscal information" about the bill.

The moderates also said that if the CBO's cost estimates are inconsistent with the White House estimates, they would "remain committed" to working out their differences in order to pass the legislation.

Democratic leaders and the White House continue to insist the bill will be fully paid for, in part by imposing a 15% minimum tax on corporate profits that large corporations report to shareholders.

The White House also estimated the bill will raise $400 billion from increased IRS enforcement to collect unpaid taxes, which would make up the largest source of revenue for the legislation.

But recent estimates suggest that the IRS enforcement part of the bill will raise less revenue than expected -- about $120 billion over a decade.

It's unclear how moderates will respond to the CBO's estimates, though House leadership remains optimistic.

"We're going to get it done this week," Hoyer told reporters Tuesday.

"We want to have the confidence that what we've fiscally have said is the reality of the bill is in fact the reality because I think there are some members who simply want that assurance," Hoyer said.

Hoyer said he is confident they will have the votes to pass the bill when it hits the floor.

But the bill has a long way to go before it becomes law.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday he hopes it will be passed into law by Christmas.

But moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who has not yet endorsed the bill, said he still has a lot of concerns over Democrats' timeline.