“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
What PolitiFact found
As currently written, the Build Back Better bill would add about $158 billion to the deficit over 10 years. The CBO analysis being cited looked at the cost if programs were continued indefinitely, which is not the case.
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In short
Lindsey Graham (U.S. Senator, R-S.C.) made this claim around 12 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 December 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Lindsey Graham has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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