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Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2021-12-21): Here’s Why Senator Manchin Won’t Support the Build Back Better Act On Sunday, ALEC alumni and US Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced his opposition to the Build Back Better Act. For many taxpayers weary of reckless federal spending, surging inflation and looming tax hikes, this was seen as an early Christmas gift. [...] Earlier this month, at the request of Senator Lindsay Graham and Congressman Jason Smith, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a second score for the Build Back Better Act. This time, the bill was scored over a ten-year period, revealing a major budget deficit increase of $3 trillion. Contrary to some claims, the Build Back Better Act is not fully paid for.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2022-08-16): This act provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the oversight of this act as well as a variety of environmental programs.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2022-05-25): CBO Score Highlights the Massive Budget Gimmicks Behind Build Back Better After months of turbulence and a record night of speechifying in opposition by Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the House today approved the latest version of Democrats’ trillion-dollar social spending plan on a partisan 220-213 vote. Dubbed the Build Back Better plan, the legislation now advances to the Senate, where Punchbowl News describes its prospects ominously: "The Senate is going to spend weeks, maybe months, revising this legislation." And while the bill’s title suggests it creates a coherent bridge between the pandemic and a better society, in reality it’s a grab bag of old and new proposals for massively expanded government benefits. It’s also an affront to anyone who thinks lawmakers should identify tax hikes sufficient to credibly cover the cost of new spending programs. [...] The shrinkage of the legislation from its former supposed $3.5 trillion spending level is noteworthy in other ways, too. If offered as its own legislation, those proposed changes — an apparent shift of over $1 trillion — would constitute one of the largest bills in American history. Yet there have been no committee hearings or markups on those changes, all crafted behind closed doors by House leaders since standing committees acted in September. Instead, new temporary select committees created as megaphones for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other liberal cheerleaders for this massive spending plan are currently the closest thing to public deliberation in the House.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2022-01-19): The Build Back Better Act would make transformational investments that improve the economic security of the nation’s families and advance solutions to the climate crisis that threaten the planet’s future. These investments would be fully paid for by sensible tax policies and budget savings that require the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations to pay their fair share. Preliminary White House estimates indicate that the Build Back Better Act will reduce deficits by $36 billion over the next decade and by more than $2 trillion in the subsequent decade. [...] The CBO’s topline estimate of the Build Back Better Act’s impact on deficits will diverge from the White House estimates because of how the CBO scores IRS enforcement. The most basic reason for the divergence is that the CBO uses scoring guidelines that exclude savings attributable to program management efforts—such as the tax enforcement initiative included in the Build Back Better Act—but include the cost of funding appropriated to support such initiatives. Following CBO guidelines, the score of the Build Back Better Act’s tax enforcement initiative would include as a cost the approximately $80 billion in new budget authority for the IRS over the next decade but exclude the increase in revenue that would be generated by that investment. The CBO may provide an estimate of the revenue gain; if so, it would most likely not be incorporated into the final score.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2023-12-16): The original Democratic FY2022 Budget Resolution Agreement Framework memorandum was designed to enact President Biden's Build Back Better agenda as first framed. This proposal, often called an investment in human infrastructure, was far-reaching and ambitious, with a $3.5 trillion price tag. It listed the following amounts and areas to be addressed: [...] Though both Democrats and Republicans praised the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, it took nearly three months after it passed the Senate to be approved by the House. Significant challenges remained to be addressed before the previously $3.5 trillion (now $2.3 trillion) Build Back Better bill reached its final stages. Here's how the process for both bills has gone so far. [...] - Nov. 18, 2021: The CBO score on the Build Back Better Act was delivered to Congress, predicting a $367 billion deficit from the BBBA. Additional, not included, revenue would reduce the deficit to at least $160 billion.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2021-11-24): The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finally released its long-awaited cost analysis of Democrats' Build Back Better Act (BBB) last Friday. [...] According to Biden and a relatively small band of left-wing economists devoted to saying whatever they must to help push the Build Back Better Act across the finish line, Democrats' plan to dramatically expand the IRS will result in enough revenue to offset their new spending. In October, President Biden even went so far as to say that the plan will have a "zero price tag on the debt." [...] This almost certainly will not happen. It is incredibly unlikely that numerous key provisions of the BBB will actually sunset according to the bill's terms, especially considering that President Biden and Democrats have repeatedly promised that the Build Back Better Act is meant to "rebuild the backbone of the country" and "set the United States on course to meet its climate goals, create millions of good-paying jobs, enable more Americans to join and remain in the labor force, and grow our economy from the bottom up and the middle out."
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2021-11-07): Taken together, they would total about $3 trillion in spending over the next decade, a sum that in some ways eclipses the total spending of even the New Deal and greatly increases the government’s role in the U.S. economy. He has had to pare back many of his campaign ideas, such as a sweeping overhaul of Medicare, and Biden’s policy impact may not prove as lasting as that of Franklin D. Roosevelt or Lyndon B. Johnson. Also, many of Biden’s policies, especially in the Build Back Better Act, are funded only for a few years to keep the bill’s price tag down. Biden would essentially be leaving his legacy in the hands of a future Congress. [...] The infrastructure bill will now become law. The Build Back Better package, which ranges between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion depending on what survives, still must clear more hurdles, but many Democrats are newly optimistic that they can push it into law. [...] The Build Back Better bill is widely expected to be close to — if not fully — paid for when the CBO runs its final tally. The bill includes a 15 percent corporate minimum tax on big companies, a new tax on firms that perform stock buybacks, and a new "surcharge" tax on Americans with incomes above $10 million. These initiatives, along with heftier enforcement of tax cheats, should be close to covering the costs. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation found the new tax provisions alone would raise $1.5 trillion in revenue.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2023-02-15): The Budget. CBO projects a federal budget deficit of $1.4 trillion for 2023. (Deficits and spending have been adjusted to exclude the effects of shifts that occur in the timing of certain payments when October 1 falls on a weekend.) In the agency’s projections, deficits generally increase over the coming years; the shortfall in 2033 is $2.7 trillion. The deficit amounts to 5.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, swells to 6.1 percent of GDP in 2024 and 2025, and then declines in the two years that follow. After 2027, deficits increase again, reaching 6.9 percent of GDP in 2033—a level exceeded only five times since 1946 (see Chapter 1). [...] Changes in CBO’s Budget Projections. CBO’s projection of the deficit for 2023 is now $0.4 trillion more than it was in May 2022; the projection of the cumulative deficit over the 2023–2032 period is now $3.1 trillion (or about 20 percent) more, largely because of newly enacted legislation and changes in CBO’s economic forecast, including higher projected inflation and interest rates (see Appendix A).
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2023-09-20): Last month, we estimated the Build Back Better Act in the House of Representatives would cost $4.9 trillion if made permanent and add $3 trillion to the debt if extensions were not offset. Based on CBO's score of the House-passed Build Back Better Act, this update of our prior analysis finds extensions would nearly double the cost of the bill from over $2.4 trillion to nearly $4.8 trillion. If all extensions were enacted without offsets, it would increase the deficit impact of the bill from $158 billion to $2.8 trillion. [...] Excluding changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, we estimate the Build Back Better Act would cost roughly $2.15 trillion as written. We estimate making all of these temporary policies permanent would cost over $2 trillion, nearly doubling the gross cost of the bill excluding SALT changes to $4.2 trillion through 2031. [...] As written, the Build Back Better Act would increase deficits by $750 billion over the first five years and a total of $160 billion through 2031 (it would reduce deficits by nearly $600 billion in the second five years). If the legislation were made permanent without additional offsets, it would add nearly $1.4 trillion to deficits over five years and increase deficits by $2.8 trillion through 2031.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2023-07-24): As the Senate weighs changes to the spending and taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. portions of the Build Back Better Act, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Tax Foundation find the bill would increase the cumulative budget deficit over the next 10 years—contrary to claims the legislation is "fully paid for." The deficit impact may contribute to short-run inflation and will grow if the temporary policies are extended and the budget gimmicks used to minimize the potential long-run cost of the legislation are removed. Over 10 years, the CBO estimates the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) would increase federal spending and tax credits (and other cuts in taxes) by $2.15 trillion while producing $1.98 trillion in offsets (revenue raisers and cuts in spending), creating a $159 billion budget deficit. Tax Foundation finds a similar amount of spending and tax credits in the bill but finds the offsets would increase federal revenue by about $1.67 trillion, producing a larger, $470 billion deficit between 2022 and 2031.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2021-12-09): The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has stated that it will produce a report on the budgetary effects of making certain policies in Build Back Better permanent, apparently in response to Senator Lindsey Graham’s request. This report will not show Build Back Better’s true cost, nor will it present a plausible prediction of what Congress would do when considering extending the provisions, as we have explained when assessing similar analyses. The actual fiscal impact of Build Back Better — the House-passed bill, as written — appears to be roughly zero over the next decade, and around $2 trillion in deficit reduction in the subsequent decade. Based on recent history, it is highly unlikely that Congress would permanently extend all of the bill’s temporary provisions without any offsets, which is the assumption that Senator Graham instructed CBO to use for this analysis. [...] - The Build Back Better legislation would reduce the deficit over the second decade (2032-2041). We project that the bill includes roughly $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over the second decade based on CBO cost analyses, and $2.0 trillion when an extrapolation of Treasury’s estimate of revenues from enforcement funding are used. Even though many spending provisions in the bill are for a finite period, most of the revenue increases and reductions in prescription drug spending are permanent. Congress’s decision to make the deficit-reducing provisions of Build Back Better permanent reflects a deliberate policy choice — one that will reduce widening income and wealth inequality, slow the growth in prescription drug costs, and lessen fiscal challenges facing future policymakers and generations.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2023-12-11): Major Provisions of the Updated House Build Back Better Act [...] Economic Effects of the Updated House Build Back Better Act [...] Distributional Effect of the Updated House Build Back Better Act
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2021-12-13): The Wall Street Journal, Editorial: Real Cost of Biden’s Spending Plan "Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer reacted furiously to this news, falling back on their claims that the Build Back Better Act is ‘fully paid for.’ Mrs. Pelosi says CBO has scored Mr. Graham’s ‘imaginary bill.’ But her bill is the real fiscal fantasy and ‘fully paid for’ is the lie of the year." [...] Fox News: Lindsey Graham rips Democrats for 'lying' about the cost of Build Back Better after CBO projection "When they tell you the bill is paid for, they're lying. When Nancy Pelosi brought it to the House with a CBO score of [$1.75 trillion], it was a lie. When she said it was [$365] billion to the deficit, it's a lie." – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC) [...] Fox News: Lindsey Graham warns Build Back Better 'spending orgy' is 'paving a path to socialism'
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2024-02-22): The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has given us a sobering look into our fiscal future under the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), estimating that if all the bill’s policies were made permanent, $3 trillion would be added to the national debt over the next 10 years. This is on top of more than $7 trillion in deficits over the last two years, leading to a $21 trillion total national debt held by the public this year (about the size of GDP). Under current law, the CBO predicts national debt held by the public will reach $36 trillion in 2031, or 106 percent of GDP—the highest debt load in U.S. history. [...] Ultimately, policymakers and taxpayers should understand the scope of tax changes necessary to fully pay for the large-scale social spending programs that would be initiated under the Build Back Better Act. It most certainly does not cost zero, and the costs will most likely be borne in large part by the middle class in the form of higher tax burdens, inflation, and reduced economic opportunities.
Claim: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” (Lindsey Graham, 2021-12-12)
Evidence (2021-12-02): The Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, (BBBA), adopted by the House of Representatives on November 19, 2021 with the support of President Biden, includes a broad package of health, social, climate change and revenue provisions. The total package includes $1.7 trillion in spending, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which also projects that three of the health provisions would reduce the number of uninsured by 3.4 million people. This brief summarizes the version that passed the House, which may be modified as it moves through the Senate. [...] CBO estimates that federal outlays for the grant sections in the Build Back Better Act related to maternal health care outside of the postpartum extension and maternal health homes are $1.1 billion. [...] Sections 30711-30713 of the Build Back Better Act would create the HCBS Improvement Program, which would provide a permanent 6 percentage point increase in federal Medicaid matching funds for HCBS. To qualify for the enhanced funds, states would have to maintain existing HCBS eligibility, benefits, and payment rates and have an approved plan to expand HCBS access, strengthen the direct care workforce, and monitor HCBS quality. The bill includes some provisions to support family caregivers. In addition, the Act would include funding ($130 million) for state planning grants and enhanced funding for administrative costs for certain activities (80% instead of 50%).
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2024-08-07): Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott supports limiting abortion, with exceptions. Scott has said that if he were still Florida’s governor, he would have signed the state’s current six-week abortion ban, which includes some exceptions. Scott told media outlets that he prefers abortion limits at 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest and the pregnant woman’s life because he believes that’s what most Americans support.
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2024-04-11): Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, the leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, says recent Florida Supreme Court rulings on abortion have generated wind behind her campaign to unseat Rick Scott. [...] Mucarsel-Powell and Florida Democrats spent much of last week highlighting a 2023 tweet in which Scott says if he were still governor, he would have signed the six-week abortion ban, which does not allow exceptions for rape or incest. Meanwhile, Scott, appearing with radio host Manny Munoz on WIOD-AM in Miami on Friday, said he is "pro-baby," supports exceptions for rape and incest, called for "reasonable limitations" on abortion and, of Democrats, "they all support crushing a baby's skull at 9 months pregnant." The Scott campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2024-05-01): In Naples, hours before President Joe Biden spoke in Tampa April 23 about abortion, DeSantis told a crowd that Biden was coming to Florida to support a constitutional amendment "that will eliminate parental consent for minors and that’s written in a way that’s intentionally designed to deceive voters." The governor repeated this warning on April 30, calling it "an amendment that they wanted to go into Florida’s Constitution that will eliminate parental consent for minors." [...] FloridaSenate.gov, CS/CS/SB 404 — Abortion
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2023-09-27): Rick Scott says there should be 'reasonable' federal abortion restrictions 00:56 Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says abortion access should be decided at the state level, despite a federal abortion ban proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Oct. 2, 2022
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2023-08-22): After criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, Scott revised the plan about a year later to exclude the programs. [...] When former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell announced her Senate campaign to unseat Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott in 2024, she bashed his views on abortion, taxes and programs like Social Security and Medicare. [...] Scott’s initial plan didn’t directly call for ending either program outright, but left the option open by requiring that all federal legislation expire every five years unless Congress decided to renew. After mounting criticism from Democrats and members of his own party, Scott revised the plan to exclude both programs.
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2024-04-10): WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida this week joined the ranks of Republican incumbents scrambling to strike a balance on reproductive rights, saying he opposes a November ballot initiative to strike down his state's six-week abortion ban but thinks Congress should leave those decisions to the states. [...] Scott is softening his messaging amid roiling politics on abortion across the country. The Arizona Supreme Court decided Tuesday that state officials can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except when a woman’s life is at stake. [...] "The fight against these new restrictions on access to abortion will shine a brighter spotlight on Rick Scott’s long, dangerous record of supporting draconian abortion bans," said Maeve Coyle, the DSCC’s spokesperson. "In November, Florida voters will stand up for women’s freedom to make their most personal medical decisions by rejecting this abortion ban and firing Rick Scott from the Senate."
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2024-10-03): TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republican Sen. Rick Scott is set to place roughly $10 million in new TV ads in the homestretch of a Florida Senate race that he is widely seen as leading but that Democrats have continued to make noise in. [...] He is running against former Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who has been massively outspent but is getting some national help from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the race's final weeks. [...] "Our campaign has taken this race seriously from the beginning. We are in a strong position and keeping our feet on the gas through the end," Scott adviser Chris Hartline said.
Claim: Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions. (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 2024-08-07)
Evidence (2024-08-18): Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell recently launched a Spanish-language radio ad across Florida that accused incumbent Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., of supporting limits on abortion without exceptions. [...] Mucarsel-Powell said Scott does not support abortion exceptions. Scott supports some exceptions. He has said that, if he were Florida’s governor, he would have signed the state’s current six-week abortion ban, which includes exceptions for rape and incest through 15 weeks of pregnancy and the pregnant woman’s health and life.