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What Will Build Back Better Mean for Inflation?
Read moreWith inflation on track to reach its highest annual rate since 1990, experts and advocates are in disagreement over whether the Build Back Better Act...
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Senate Should Make Build Back Better, Better
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Senate this month is planning to consider the $2.4 trillion Build Back Better Act, which passed the House of Representatives...
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Congress' December Challenges Can't Wait
Read moreFor Immediate Release As lawmakers continue to debate the Build Back Better reconciliation bill, they have a number of pressing deadlines and policy...
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A Permanent Build Back Better Act Could Cost $4.8 Trillion
Read moreUPDATE 12/10: Since this analysis was published, CBO has issued a correction to its initial estimate of H.R. 5376. Instead of adding $160 billion to...
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UPDATE: Build Back Better Visualized
Read moreUPDATE 12/10: Since this analysis was published, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a correction to their initial estimate of H.R. 5376...
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Full Estimates of the House Build Back Better Act
Read moreUPDATE 12/13: Since this analysis was published, CBO has issued a correction to its initial estimate of H.R. 5376. Instead of adding $160 billion to...
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House Build Back Better Bills Are Built on Shaky Foundation
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House is slated to vote today on two parts of the President’s Build Back Better agenda – the bipartisan infrastructure bill...
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An Update on Build Back Better Offsets
Read moreWe have published an full estimate of the House's Build Back Better Act based on CBO's scores of the bill here. Last week, the White House estimated...
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Build Back Better Visualized
Read moreLast week, the White House released a $1.75 trillion framework for the reconciliation bill currently working its way through Congress. When combined...
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No Score, No Vote
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House apparently intends to vote on the latest version of the Build Back Better Act as soon as this week, despite that fact...
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New Build Back Better Framework Relies Too Heavily on Gimmicks
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, the White House released an updated framework for its Build Back Better plan. The framework proposes $1.85 trillion of...
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Maya MacGuineas: Reconciliation can work if Congress sets priorities and cuts the games
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...