“The Build Back Better Act ... reduces the deficit over the long-term. It’s fully paid for.”
What FactCheck.org found
The disagreement between the Congressional Budget Office and the Treasury Department centers on how much revenue could be raised from a provision giving the Internal Revenue Service more enforcement capabilities.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 19 November 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 November 2021. Its rating was “CBO Disagrees”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/19/statement-by-pres…
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