Democrats assail Republicans for using 'fake' math in their bid to sway Joe Manchin into derailing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Biden's agenda

Congressional Republicans spent much of Friday leveling a fresh barrage of criticism against President Joe Biden's $2 trillion economic spending bill.

The Democrats returned fire.

A new analysis was released Friday from the Congressional Budget Office scoring the full cost of Biden's Build Back Better bill if all of its education, childcare, climate, and tax provisions were made permanent. (The current bill would have all of these expire.)

It was largely a Republican attempt to sway Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a conservative Democrat skeptical of the plan's price tag. That's because the nonpartisan scorekeeper completed the projections at the request of Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina and Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, a pair of Republicans.

The analysis indicated that it would add $3 trillion to the federal deficit since it didn't factor in any potential tax increases to offset its cost. But Democrats and the White House countered that the analysis amounted to little more than "fake" math since it analyzed a hypothetical bill that wasn't on the table. They also pledged to finance any extension with tax increases.

"The Republicans are so desperate to justify their opposition to the popular, much-needed provisions in the Build Back Better Act that they've resorted to requesting fake scores based on mistruths," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a Friday statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-assail-republicans-for-using-fake-math-in-their-bid-to-sway-joe-manchin-into-derailing-bidens-agenda/ar-AARHmKQ

[BlueIdaho]

1. They don't need fake math

They just need to write ManChin a big fat check. His conscience is for sale.

[questionseverything]

2. If we don't get the child tax credit renewed for January

A whole lot of people and kids are going to be 😢

[Hoyt]

3. Odds of passing before weren't great. This new CBO score makes it less likely.