evidence: Biden's Build Back Better bill would add to national debt, congressional estimate says WASHINGTON – The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on Thursday released its full cost estimate of President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill, projecting the measure would add $160 billion to the national debt over the next decade. [...] A recent analysis from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation found the Build Back Better Act would raise $1.48 trillion in revenue over a decade and also said the plan would be unlikely to add to the deficit long term.