Marsha Blackburn Lies on the U.S. Senate Floor

Marsha Blackburn has been known to offer up some whoppers on the Fox propaganda channel, but now she has been spotted lying outrageously on the Senate floor.  We’re talking Trump-class lying.

In this clip, she blatantly lies when she says that extension of the ACA health care tax credits will cost "450 billion hard-earned dollars every single year.” 

Rather than $450 billion per year, as Lying Marsha claims, extending the enhanced tax credits will cost $350 billion over 10 years—with 3.6 million additional Americans who will be able to afford health care, thanks to the credits.  

Here are the facts, brought to you by the Congressional Budget Office and summarized at Congress.gov—you know, where Marsha has an office. 

What Might Happen If the Enhanced Subsidies Are Extended?

CBO and JCT provided budgetary and coverage estimates under a permanent extension of the enhanced PTC.21 They estimated that direct spending would increase by nearly $296 billion (on net) over the FY2026-FY2035 budget window and that revenues would decrease (on net) by more than $54 billion over the same window. Taken together, the permanent extension would add approximately $350 billion to the budget deficit for that time period. 

In addition, CBO and JCT estimated that, under a permanent extension, "the number of people with health insurance would increase by 3.6 million in 2030 and by 3.8 million in 2035."22 CBO also projected that gross benchmark premiums would decrease 7.6%, on average, each year over the 2026-2035 period.