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>> we passed legislations to make your roads better and broad band faster and make your airport better and make your water cleaner and healthcare cost less expensive, to give you universal pre-k. that moves voters. >> not just 10 or 12 things joe. but 10 or 12 things that polled really well. the passage of this legislation, the polling showing over and over that the component of this bill are enormously popular. its likely to become law within the near term future. democrats have a very clear jo...

>> this is an extraordinary important piece of legislation. theyll enhance our -- i am confident when all this is said and done, the president will be signing not just one but two critical pieces of legislation. >> director of the white houses domestic policy council, sue an rice, thank you very much for being on this morning. we appreciate it. still ahead on "morning joe," bob woodward and acosta joining us on the table. the leaders of c-pack have a big issue with such mystery characters like...

Were about to get the house to pass the second really significant piece of legislation. >> exactly right. jonathan brought up the earlier passed legislation, the $1.9 trillion, significant social spending program, biden has done it again with the infrastructure package. the question is for the democrats, can they sell it and can they keep democrats like senator manchin along on this next component, the build back better. biden has made a decision as president to move in a more progressive direct...

Rice, its good to have you, susan. i think joe just sold the bill here on the set. >> not trying to but talk about some of the things that build back better bill does. >> good morning, the build back better bill legislation which the house will pass today is going to lower cost for american families, its going to create jobs in important industries such as clean energy, its going to provide tax cuts for middle and working class americans. its going to help us tackle the climate crisis and increa...

Sell this bill. we are talking about and by the way this table can go out to america and sell whats in this legislation because we had a conversation about all the great attributes that this bill has so well have the help american. yes, the white house is going to have to start addressing inflation. i think they have been. look, people are going to grocery stores and theyre seeing the price of milk increase and turkey not on the shelves and thanksgiving is coming up. the white house is aware of ...

Will be reduced and prescription drug costs and child care costs and education costs and housing costs and all of those are critical elements of this legislation. you bring those costs down and that obviously is beneficial to the bottom line of the american family. you provide a tax cut for middle and working class americans through the child tax credit and you ask the wealthiest corporations and family it is pay their fair share and not to evade taxes. making sure that no families earning less ...

American families and make sure they are not paying more than 7% of their income for child care. you spoke about prescription drugs. this legislation will ensure seniors dont pay as much as they are now. $6,000 a year for their prescription drugs. thatll be capped at $2,000 a year for your sons and others that are relying on insulin. insulin is ridiculously expensive. some people pay as much as a thousand dollars a month for their insulin. the child tax credit as we call it will be extended. tha...

For every child under the age of 6 and $250 a month for every child 6 to 17. thats real tax break for working middle class family. this legislation is historic, its comprehensive as you pointed out. universal pre-k helping us to expand our education and making us competitive. there is so much in here and i have not touched on all of it thatll be transformational. we are looking forward to the house passage and onto the senate. >> good morning, susan. this will get through the house we expect per...

On monday the president signed into law a bipartisan infrastructure piece of legislation that we have been waiting for years to be able to do. said it could not be done. no way you can bring democrats and republicans together and make the transformative investments in our rails and roads and bridges and airport and broad band and our clean water. joe biden got it done. now we have an equally important and impactful set of investments thatll transform the lives of american family and making child...