{"id":1115500,"date":"2021-12-13T17:30:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115500"},"modified":"2021-12-13T17:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:30:19","slug":"psaki-congressional-budget-office-score-on-biden-agenda-a-fake-score-on-bill-that-doesnt-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-congressional-budget-office-score-on-biden-agenda-a-fake-score-on-bill-that-doesnt-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki: Congressional Budget Office Score On Biden Agenda A \u2018Fake Score\u2019 On \u2018Bill That Doesn\u2019t Exist\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-congressional-budget-office-score-on-biden-agenda-a-fake-score-on-bill-that-doesnt-exist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki claimed on Monday that an official score released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better Act could be significantly more expensive than he has led the American public to believe was a \u201cfake score.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CBO score evaluated Biden\u2019s agenda under the assumption that the programs in it would not expire and would eventually be made permanent.<\/p>\n<p>The CBO <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnn\/2021\/images\/12\/10\/cbo.report.on.build.back.better.pdf\">said<\/a> in a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC):<\/p>\n<p><em>The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation project that a version of the bill modified as you have specified would increase the deficit by $3.0 trillion over the 2022\u20132031 period (see Table 2). That amount includes three components: effects usually counted in CBO\u2019s cost estimates (which are labeled conventional effects in the table), the effects of increased resources for tax enforcement, and effects on interest on the public debt. Under long-standing guidelines agreed to by the legislative and executive branches, estimates to be used for budget enforcement purposes include the first component but not the second and third.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo 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,\u201d Fox News reporter Peter Doocy said. \u201cSo does that mean that President Biden will commit that these programs are not going to be made permanent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, first of all, what we\u2019re talking about here is a fake CBO score,\u201d Psaki claimed, \u201cthat is not based on the actual bill that anybody is voting on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has conveyed very clearly multiple times publicly, that he would like programs, if they\u2019re extended to be paid for,\u201d Psaki claimed. \u201cThat remains his commitment. But it\u2019s important to understand that when you, when anybody raises a question about this new CBO score, it is a fake score about a bill that doesn\u2019t exist. And we should really focus on the actual bill everybody\u2019s going to vote on and considering in Congress right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOOCY TIME: Biden says BBB won&#8217;t &#8220;add a penny to the deficit. The CBO has this new score where they assume that social programs are going to be made permanent\u2026It would add almost $3 trillion, so does that mean\u2026[he] will commit that [they&#8217;re] not going to be made permanent?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Icmbg1xMB4\">pic.twitter.com\/Icmbg1xMB4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1470457550252523523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p><em>PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS: So 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. So does that mean that President Biden will commit that these programs are not going to be made permanent?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEN PSAKI, PRESS SECRETARY: Well, first of all, what we\u2019re 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. That is his prerogative to do but what our focus is on, is on the existing bill that will lower the deficit, that will also over an additional 10 years pay for the $2 trillion tax cuts that Republicans didn\u2019t pay for. They\u2019re welcome for that. So I would say, Peter, to your question, the President has conveyed very clearly multiple times publicly, that he would like programs, if they\u2019re extended to be paid for. That remains his commitment. But it\u2019s important to understand that when you, when anybody raises a question about this new CBO score, it is a fake score about a bill that doesn\u2019t exist. And we should really focus on the actual bill everybody\u2019s going to vote on and considering in Congress right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki claimed on Monday that an official score released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better Act could be significantly more expensive than he has led the American public to believe was a \u201cfake score.\u201dThe CBO score evaluated Biden\u2019s agenda under the assumption that the programs in it would not expire and would eventually be made permanent.The CBO said in a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC):The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation project that a version of the bill modified as you have specified would increase the deficit by $3.0 trillion over the 2022\u20132031 period (see Table 2). That amount includes three components: effects usually counted in CBO\u2019s cost estimates (which are labeled conventional effects in the table), the effects of increased resources for tax enforcement, and effects on interest on the public debt. Under long-standing guidelines agreed to by the legislative and executive branches, estimates to be used for budget enforcement purposes include the first component but not the second and third.\u201cSo 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,\u201d Fox News reporter Peter Doocy said. \u201cSo does that mean that President Biden will commit that these programs are not going to be made permanent?\u201d\u201cWell, first of all, what we\u2019re talking about here is a fake CBO score,\u201d Psaki claimed, \u201cthat is not based on the actual bill that anybody is voting on.\u201d\u201cThe President has conveyed very clearly multiple times publicly, that he would like programs, if they\u2019re extended to be paid for,\u201d Psaki claimed. \u201cThat remains his commitment. But it\u2019s important to understand that when you, when anybody raises a question about this new CBO score, it is a fake score about a bill that doesn\u2019t exist. And we should really focus on the actual bill everybody\u2019s going to vote on and considering in Congress right now.\u201dWATCH:DOOCY TIME: Biden says BBB won&#8217;t &#8220;add a penny to the deficit. The CBO has this new score where they assume that social programs are going to be made permanent\u2026It would add almost $3 trillion, so does that mean\u2026[he] will commit that [they&#8217;re] not going to be made permanent?&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/Icmbg1xMB4\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 13, 2021TRANSCRIPT:PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS: So 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. So does that mean that President Biden will commit that these programs are not going to be made permanent?JEN PSAKI, PRESS SECRETARY: Well, first of all, what we\u2019re 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. That is his prerogative to do but what our focus is on, is on the existing bill that will lower the deficit, that will also over an additional 10 years pay for the $2 trillion tax cuts that Republicans didn\u2019t pay for. They\u2019re welcome for that. So I would say, Peter, to your question, the President has conveyed very clearly multiple times publicly, that he would like programs, if they\u2019re extended to be paid for. That remains his commitment. But it\u2019s important to understand that when you, when anybody raises a question about this new CBO score, it is a fake score about a bill that doesn\u2019t exist. And we should really focus on the actual bill everybody\u2019s going to vote on and considering in Congress right now.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}