{"id":968344,"date":"2021-11-04T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968344"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:28:48","slug":"white-house-dodges-calls-for-cost-analysis-of-bidens-spending-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-dodges-calls-for-cost-analysis-of-bidens-spending-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Dodges Calls For Cost Analysis Of Biden\u2019s Spending Plan"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-dodges-calls-for-cost-analysis-of-bidens-spending-plan%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=968344&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged calls for an official cost analysis of President Joe Biden\u2019s spending plans, which the administration has repeatedly insisted \u201ccosts zero dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre once again argued that the bill is \u201cpaid for\u201d in response to questions at Thursday\u2019s press briefing. Reporters pressed her on whether <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/26\/biden-glasgow-pope-climate-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden<\/a> should move forward with the bill even as Democrats in the House call for an official cost analysis. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/21\/biden-agenda-cost-zero-trillion-dollar-cnn-townhall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Repeats Whopper That His Multi-Trillion-Dollar Agenda Will Cost $0)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome House Democrats have demanded that the legislation receive an official cost analysis before the House takes it up for a vote. Does the White House think it\u2019s wise to move forward with a vote before members have a firm understanding of what\u2019s in it and how it will be paid for?\u201d a reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, the president has been very clear \u2014He wants to get this moving \u2014 there\u2019s an urgency, [and] members of both chambers have been very clear about getting this done,\u201d Jean-Pierre responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Build Back Better Act is paid for by having big corporations and the wealthiest taxpayers pay their fair share,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe Treasury posted a blog this morning detailing estimates from the administration and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) \u2026 where it released the topline of what it\u2019s gonna look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Karine Jean-Pierre holds White House press briefing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XfDSXb_1_e0?start=66&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has not released an official analysis of what Biden\u2019s multi-trillion-dollar spending plan would cost in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and numerous other White House officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/01\/joe-biden-spending-plan-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly claimed<\/a> that his spending plan \u201ccosts zero dollars\u201d thanks to the pay-fors included in the bill. Watchdog organizations have disagreed, however. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget found that Biden\u2019s agenda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/how-much-could-build-back-better-add-debt-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">will require the U.S. to borrow roughly $2.4 trillion<\/a>, while the tax hikes included in the bill would only cover for $1.1 trillion.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/24\/joe-biden-defend-administration-record-amid-crises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">(RELATED:&nbsp;<\/span>Biden Defends His Administration\u2019s Record Amid Low Approval Numbers, Multiple Crises)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" readability=\"7.44\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nope: The net cost is still zero because we raise more than enough revenue to pay for every investment without raising taxes on anyone making less than $400k. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3gKp6H3O5K\">https:\/\/t.co\/3gKp6H3O5K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHCOS\/status\/1453713747718164484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moderate Democrats in the House have called for more time to inspect Biden\u2019s legislation before bringing it up for a vote. Democratic Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy wrote along with other members of the Blue Dog Coalition a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi requesting 72 hours to read the bill further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we understand the needs of the nation are great, we believe our job as legislators is to provide the due diligence required to properly serve our constituents,\u201d Murphy wrote in the letter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2021\/11\/04\/democrats-congress-biden-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged calls for an official cost analysis of President Joe Biden\u2019s spending plans, which the administration has repeatedly insisted \u201ccosts zero dollars.\u201dJean-Pierre &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"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-968344","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\/968344","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\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968344\/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=968344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}