CBO Commits to Provide “True Cost” Analysis of Reckless Tax and Spend Bill Over Ten Years

WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today issued a statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) committed to providing an extended ten-year analysis of the provisions in the Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spend bill. “I’m very pleased CBO will be scoring Build Back Better on the premise that […]

Graham: Dems’ Reckless Tax and Spend Bill is a Fraud

WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today hosted a briefing on the Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spend bill. Senators heard presentations from the Penn Wharton Budget Model and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) and participated in a Q&A session. GRAHAM: “I want to put a fine point […]

Graham Statement on House Passage of Reckless Tax and Spend Bill

WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today issued a statement after the House of Representatives passed the Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spend bill. “This House bill, which is a disaster for the American people, is dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate. “It’s an inflation bomb for hardworking […]

In Case You Missed It: Dems Double Down on Tax Cuts for Millionaires as Inflation Surges

WASHINGTON – As the House of Representatives considers the Democrats’ multi-trillion dollar tax and spend proposal this week, the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) found that the bill would provide almost seventy percent of millionaires with significant tax breaks.  JCT’s analysis joins with an earlier study by the Tax Policy Center that showed two-thirds […]

Graham on Biden Economic Agenda: Tax Cuts for the Rich, Inflation for the Middle Class

WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today reacted to a report from the Tax Policy Center on the Democrats’ tax proposals in the latest version of their Reckless Tax and Spend legislation.  Graham noted that under the Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats’ plan, changes to the State and […]

Smith, Graham Call for CBO Score on True Cost of Democrat Tax & Spending Bill

WASHINGTON – In a letter today to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the top Republicans on the House and Senate Budget Committees pushed the agency to provide a true cost estimate of the Democrats’ tax and spending reconciliation bill if provisions within the bill were made permanent, as is the intent of Democrats. House Budget […]