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Joe Biden rallied House Democrats behind a proposed $1.75tn framework deal that he said could win the support of every Democrat in the Senate and prove to the world that American democracy can deliver.

I am back here to tell you that we have a framework that will get 50 votes in the United States Senate," he told House Democrats during a morning caucus meeting, according to a source familiar.