Pelosi Says Bill Giving Treasury Sec Power To Lift Debt Ceiling 'Has Merit'

Sahil Kapur at NBC News tweets on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments at presser:

• "On Build Back Better: "We have some important decisions to make in the next few days so we can succeed."
  She says she's "very disappointed" the package won't be the full $3.5 trillion. But: "It will be transformative. It will produce results." Pelosi doesn't get into which programs will be cut to make the price tag but there are "choices to be made." She says child care and universal pre-K go together, for e.g. "Mostly we would be cutting back on years." She says others have told her they want all the programs. Pelosi said some lawmakers have written back to her and said they want all the programs. As for timeline for passage, she is "optimistic we'll get to where we need in a timely fashion." On divisions: "We are a Democratic Party. We are not a rubber-stamp or lockstep party."
• Mike Memoli also at NBC tweets: ""I think it has merit," Pelosi says of a bill that would change debt ceiling process, giving power to Treasury to lift subject to congressional override"