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Pelosi at a press conference on Thursday expressed confidence that with control of Congress hanging in the balance ahead of the midterm elections less than a year away, Democrats will be able to successfully sell their work to the American people -- and do so more effectively than they did in 2010 after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, due, in part, to Biden using the \"bully pulpit.\"

Democratic members of Congress are also planning to hold 1,000 events before the end of the year to make clear to Americans what's in Biden's infrastructure plans.

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PHOTO: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2021.
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\"The messaging on it will be immediate, and it will be intense, and it will be eloquent, and it will make a difference,\" Pelosi said.

Giving remarks in Woodstock, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, Biden endorsed Pelosi's timeline to pass part two of his infrastructure agenda this week.

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

McCarthy blasted Pelosi at his press conference on Thursday and said the reconciliation bill will \"be the end of their Democratic majority.\"

While the already-passed bipartisan infrastructure law itself and its individual components -- rebuilding and repairing bridges, ports and roads, expanding broadband internet, and more -- are widely popular, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Americans aren't giving Biden credit for championing the law and getting it through Congress. The president's approval rating is at an all-time low at 41%.

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PHOTO: President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure construction projects from the NH 175 bridge across the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock, N.H., Nov. 16, 2021.
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Pelosi on Thursday tried to defend Democrats' \"Build Back Better\" proposal from criticism over a key tax provision that has angered some in the caucus. Some moderates and leading progressives have criticized plans to undo a cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deductions -- a reversal of Republicans' 2017 tax law -- popular in California, New York and New Jersey, given that the change would benefit wealthy suburban property owners.

The change would allow taxpayers to deduct up to $80,000 in state and local taxes from their federal tax returns after Republicans imposed a $10,000 cap on federal deductions four years ago.

A recent analysis from the Tax Policy Center found the SALT cap increase would primarily benefit the top 10% of income-earning Americans. About 70% of the tax benefit would go to the top 5% of earners, who make $366,000 a year or more, the analysis said.

\"That's not about tax cuts for wealthy people. It's about services for the American people,\" Pelosi said. \"This isn't about who gets a tax cut, it's about which states get the revenue they need to help the American people.\"

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PHOTO: Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Nov. 18, 2021.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at her briefing Thursday that the White House was \"comfortable\" with the SALT cap increase being included in the version of the \"Build Back Better\" bill on which the House is expected to vote -- but she wouldn't say the president's excited it.

\"This is a part of the bill that the president -- that has been proposed, that is important to key members, as you all know,\" Psaki said. \"That's why it's in the package. The president's excitement about this is not about the SALT deduction. It's about the other key components of the package. And that's why we're continuing to press for it to move forward.\"

ABC News' Trish Turner and Mariam Khan contributed to this report.

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