Build Back Better Coverage

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Biden gets West Virginia lumps from Manchin

Friday, Dec. 24, 2021 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

More in NC now eligible for health insurance help

Changes made to the Affordable Care Act in 2021 mean hundreds of thousands more North Carolinians are eligible for subsidized health insurance in 2022.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau Chief

Fact check: Manchin says there's 'no means testing' in Biden's Child Tax Credit extension

Speaking to a radio show host on Dec. 20, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said the Build Back Better Act's Child Tax Credit extension includes "no means testing." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: GOP leader says Democrats want 'takeover' of child care

During a marathon floor speech against the bill on Nov. 18, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said the legislation, known as the Build Back Better Act, would represent a "government takeover of child care." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporters

Fact check: GOP leader says U.S. has 'never' spent so much at one time

U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said: "Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Psaki says 'no economist' thinks Biden's plan will affect inflation

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during the Nov. 15 press briefing that "no economist out there is projecting that this (Build Back Better plan) will have a negative impact on inflation." PolitiFact checks her claim.

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

House passes Biden's social, environmental $1.9 trillion bill

House Democrats passed President Joe Biden's sweeping $1.9 trillion social safety net expansion legislation Friday morning.