Psaki Calls CBO Score on Build Back Better Act ‘Fake’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blasted what she is calling a “fake” Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the cost of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. During a White House press briefing Monday…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blasted what she is calling a “fake” Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the cost of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act.
During a White House press briefing Monday, Fox News’s Peter Doocy noted, “The president says that the Build Back Better is not going to add a penny to the deficit. The CBO has this new score where they assume that social programs are going to be made permanent and, in that case, it would add almost $3 trillion.”
He asked Psaki, “So does that mean that President Biden will commit that these programs are not going to be made permanent?”
She responded, “What you’re talking about here is a fake CBO score that is not based on the actual bill that anybody is voting on. This was a ask, request, by Senator Graham to score a bill that is not currently being debated.”
Psaki stressed the administration is focused on the existing bill.
Watch part of the briefing below:
Psaki’s claim garnered strong reactions from some on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/TommyPigott/status/1470457271205470214
Other lawmakers commented on the score, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
“The Republican-requested fake CBO score does not take into account the fact that President Biden and Democrats have committed that any extensions of the Build Back Better Act in the future will be fully offset,” Schumer said.