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the Daily Punch Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Thursday, November 18th, 2021. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, where things stand on the BBB in the house.

Number two, the latest on the NDAA. And number three, the tally. Punchable News's latest look around on the 2022 landscape. All right, let's get into it this

morning. All eyes are on House Democrats and how they're going to handle President Joe Biden's

$1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act. Questions remain as to whether they're going to be able to vote on this

today or tomorrow, although we are

reporting this morning in Punchable News a.m. that House Democratic leaders are increasingly

optimistic about their chances for passing the bill. We still think Friday is more likely,

but the Thanksgiving recess is looming large and lawmakers want to get out of town as quickly

as possible.

What is clear is that the House will begin the debate on BBB today, kicking off the most

important stretch of President Joe Biden's tenure so far. It's also a critical time for House Democratic

leaders. If there's any chance of preserving their majority in 2022,

Democrats believe they need to get BBB passed and over to the Senate. They will then deal with

whatever is sent back their way, hopefully from their point of view, before the end of the year.

So let's recap here where things stand. The CBO released its analysis of the Education and Labor

Committee title for BBB on Thursday night. That was a big deal. That title, along with

the energy and commerce and ways and means titles, are really the heart of the BBB package

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