Democrats, facing party concerns over spending bill costs, shuffle debate and vote to later this week

House Democrats Wednesday postponed a plan to begin consideration of President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social welfare spending bill in order to provide more time for congressional analysts to provide cost estimates.

Instead of considering Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, which is the cornerstone of his economic agenda, House Democrats voted to strip Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of his committee assignments and to censure him over a violent animated video he posted earlier this month that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Biden.