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President Biden and his team have tripled down on the claim that his Build Back Better agenda costs zero dollars despite loud condemnations from the Washington Post factchecker, budget analysts and at least one columnist who supports the infrastructure bills associated with the agenda.
My Build Back Better Agenda costs zero dollars, Bidens Twitter account tweeted last week, claiming that the agenda adds zero dollars to the national debt. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki repeated the claim in a news conference the following Monday, saying, This reconciliation package would cost zero dollars. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, DCalif., also insisted that the cost is zero.
Cedric Richmond, Bidens senior adviser, repeated the claim on Sunday, saying the 3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill which Sens. Joe Manchin, DW.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, DAriz., have stalled will cost nothing. I think whats important for people to understand is that this piece of legislation costs zero, Richmond said. Were going to pay for it all by raising taxes on the very wealthy and big corporations.