Interview with CBS's 60 MinutesAmerican Presidency Project transcript ↗“The pandemic is over.”
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Joe Biden · January 20–April 29, 2021
The first 100 days.
Assessed day by day.
A completed calendar-day record of Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s opening presidency, connecting each date to the located Biden-participation transcripts and every claim retained after paragraph-by-paragraph review. The assessment remains entirely separate from Donald Trump's claims, tallies and PRIQ.
Across the full term
Memorable public quotes
Editorially selected for their public resonance and preserved with exact wording, date and context. Inclusion here is historical context, not a claim verdict.
Virtual Munich Security ConferenceArchived White House transcript ↗“America is back.”
Remarks on the end of the war in AfghanistanArchived White House transcript ↗“My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over.”
Day 1 begins at noon on January 20, 2021; Day 100 is April 29, 2021. Only specific claims attributable to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. receive verdicts. Staff remarks, written-only records, reporter questions, predictions, policy preferences and nonfactual rhetoric are excluded.
110 complete, 0 in progress and 0 pending out of 110 indexed Biden spoken records. All Biden-spoken paragraphs in the 100-day inventory have been checked; records with no retained assessment contained no specific attributable factual claim that could responsibly receive one of the four verdicts.
How this day-by-day record works
Every date is visible.
The American Presidency Project inventory contains 110 distinct Biden spoken records from inauguration through Day 100. Each calendar day appears below, including dates with no located Biden-participation spoken record.
Claims stay separate.
Supported findings remain beside False, Misleading and Unresolved ones. A blank claim count after review means no specific attributable factual claim was retained for assessment that day—not that no public activity occurred. No Biden assessment is included in Donald Trump's YTD, Overall Claims or yearly tallies.
2021-01
January 20–31, 2021
Inauguration and the opening pandemic response produced claims about the inherited public-health, employment and domestic-security record.
12calendar days11spoken records
Transcript status: 11 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending.
Supported14False0Misleading3Unresolved5
5 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
Political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism had been rising in the United States.
DHS had warned of an elevated extremist threat, and FBI and State Department records documented increasing white-supremacist and politically motivated violence.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Inaugural Address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Misleading
COVID-19 had taken as many American lives in one year as the United States lost in all of World War II.
At the time of the address, reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths were just below total U.S. military deaths in World War II, although already far above World War II battle deaths and likely crossed the total-death mark later that day.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Inaugural Address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org COVID-19 and World War II comparison
Supported
Millions of American jobs had been lost during the pandemic.
Payroll employment remained about 9.8 million below its February 2020 peak when Biden took office.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Inaugural Address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org inherited-economy review
Unresolved
Hundreds of thousands of businesses had closed during the pandemic.
Private datasets supported estimates in that range, but no official comprehensive count distinguished temporary from permanent closures.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Inaugural Address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org business-closure review
Supported
Thousands marched for women's suffrage in Washington in 1913 and crowds obstructed their route.
Library of Congress records describe more than 5,000 marchers and crowds surging into Pennsylvania Avenue, making passage nearly impossible.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Inaugural Address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org review of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Parade
3 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The United States had about 4% of the world's population but roughly 25% of confirmed COVID-19 cases and nearly 20% of reported deaths.
Contemporaneous population and case-and-death totals were close to those rounded shares, although international testing and reporting differed.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org review of the record Biden inherited · CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
Black, Latino and Native American people faced COVID-19 hospitalization rates about four times, and death rates about three times, those of White people.
CDC age-adjusted surveillance estimates available in early 2021 showed disparities of roughly this magnitude, with ratios varying by group and update date.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached about 400,000.
The United States crossed the 400,000 reported-death threshold around inauguration day.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
10 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached about 400,000.
The United States crossed the 400,000 reported-death threshold around inauguration day.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
About 900,000 initial unemployment claims were filed in the latest reported week.
The Labor Department's contemporaneous release reported 900,000 seasonally adjusted initial claims for the week ending January 16.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2021
Supported
More than 600,000 education jobs had been lost during the pandemic.
BLS payroll data showed state and local education employment remained down by roughly that amount or more from February 2020.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2021
Supported
Roughly one in seven adults lived in households reporting that they sometimes or often did not have enough to eat.
Census Household Pulse estimates during the winter surge were in this range, although the measure captured self-reported food insufficiency rather than the USDA's annual food-insecurity measure.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Census Household Pulse Survey food sufficiency tables
Unresolved
About 14 million Americans had fallen behind on rent.
Household Pulse data supported a very large number of adults in renter households lacking confidence or reporting arrears, but the exact total depended on the survey week and whether adults, households or all residents were counted.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would lift about 12 million Americans out of poverty.
The estimate came from microsimulation and depended on the poverty definition, take-up and the no-law counterfactual.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Misleading
A full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage lived below the poverty line.
Annual pay at 40 hours per week was above the poverty threshold for one adult but below it for several common family sizes; the unqualified wording omitted that distinction.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: HHS 2021 poverty guidelines
Unresolved
A private forecast projected roughly 7.5 million jobs would be added in 2021 with the rescue plan.
The number was a forecast of total job growth, including baseline recovery as well as policy effects, and could not be verified when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Misleading
The broader Build Back Better program would create 18.6 million jobs over four years.
The cited forecast described total employment gains during the recovery, not 18.6 million jobs caused solely by the proposed policies.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The Federal Government spent roughly $600 billion a year on procurement.
Federal contract obligations were near or above $600 billion in fiscal 2020, supporting the rounded annual figure.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: USAspending federal contract data
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
Roughly one in seven adults lived in households reporting that they sometimes or often did not have enough to eat.
Census Household Pulse estimates during the winter surge were in this range, although the measure captured self-reported food insufficiency rather than the USDA's annual food-insecurity measure.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Census Household Pulse Survey food sufficiency tables
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached about 400,000.
The United States crossed the 400,000 reported-death threshold around inauguration day.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
Roughly one in seven adults lived in households reporting that they sometimes or often did not have enough to eat.
Census Household Pulse estimates during the winter surge were in this range, although the measure captured self-reported food insufficiency rather than the USDA's annual food-insecurity measure.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Census Household Pulse Survey food sufficiency tables
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
2021-02
February, 2021
The Milwaukee town hall focused on vaccines, schools, wages, immigration and the scale of pandemic relief.
28calendar days28spoken records
Transcript status: 28 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending.
Supported13False3Misleading7Unresolved6
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The United States and Russia extended the New START treaty for five years.
The treaty was extended through February 5, 2026, without changes.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
4 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The economy had about ten million fewer payroll jobs than before the pandemic.
BLS data showed payroll employment roughly 9.9 million below February 2020 in January and still about 9.5 million below it in February.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2021 · BLS Employment Situation, February 2021
Misleading
Four million women had lost jobs or left the labor force during the pandemic.
Women experienced enormous job losses, but the figure varied depending on whether it measured payroll jobs, household employment or labor-force exits; combining those concepts made the claim imprecise.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: BLS Women in the labor force databook · BLS Employment Situation, January 2021
Unresolved
Moody's Analytics projected about four million more jobs with the American Rescue Plan than without it.
That was a model-based forecast relative to a no-plan counterfactual, not an observable first-100-days result.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan · PolitiFact review of Biden's first 100 days
Supported
The $1,400 rescue payment, combined with the earlier $600 payment, delivered $2,000 per eligible person.
The two enacted rounds totaled $2,000 for eligible recipients, although they were authorized in separate laws under different presidents.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury statement on American Rescue Plan payments · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
3 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed spoken records · 3 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Misleading
The goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in 100 days was widely regarded as unusually ambitious.
The goal was important operationally, but the United States was already averaging close to one million reported doses per day when Biden took office; maintaining that pace would nearly meet it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached or were approaching 500,000.
The national reported death count crossed 500,000 in late February 2021, matching Biden's dated milestone statements and near-term forecasts.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Misleading
The prior administration left no workable COVID-19 vaccination plan or vaccine supply.
The inherited program had serious distribution problems and limited near-term supply, but it had vaccine contracts, allocations, delivery systems and a written vaccination strategy.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org review of the 100-million-shot goal · FactCheck.org town-hall review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
8 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Misleading
Reports that the administration's 100-day school goal meant opening a majority of schools at least one day per week were untrue.
The press secretary had publicly defined the goal in precisely those terms, even though Biden described a more ambitious five-day objective at the town hall.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org school-reopening review
Misleading
The prior administration had failed to contract for enough COVID-19 vaccine for the United States.
The Trump administration had firm orders and options covering substantially more doses than Biden's answer suggested, although delivery timing and exercising options remained issues.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org vaccine-contract review
False
Federally Qualified Health Centers would receive one million COVID-19 vaccine doses every week.
The announced initial allocation was one million total doses across the launch phase, split between first and second doses, not one million each week.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Unresolved
Tax breaks for racehorse owners cost the Federal Government almost $9 billion.
The White House supplied no evidence for that amount, and tax experts could not identify a racehorse provision approaching it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org racehorse-tax review
Misleading
Economists across the left, right and center agreed that the rescue plan could not spend too much.
Many economists supported substantial relief, but prominent center-left economists explicitly warned that the proposed $1.9 trillion package could be excessive.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org rescue-package review
False
The federal minimum wage would have been $20 per hour if it had remained indexed to inflation.
Inflation indexing from the 2009 rate produced about $8.81; a figure above $20 came from indexing to worker productivity instead.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org minimum-wage calculation
False
The vast majority of people living in the United States illegally were not Hispanic and had entered legally before overstaying visas.
Independent estimates found a slight majority had crossed the border without authorization, and at least 70% came from primarily Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Supported
Providing free tuition at community colleges would cost about $9 billion.
The Department of Education estimate cited in the independent review was approximately $9 billion.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- CNN Presidential Town Hall ↗
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
5 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached or were approaching 500,000.
The national reported death count crossed 500,000 in late February 2021, matching Biden's dated milestone statements and near-term forecasts.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Misleading
The prior administration left no workable COVID-19 vaccination plan or vaccine supply.
The inherited program had serious distribution problems and limited near-term supply, but it had vaccine contracts, allocations, delivery systems and a written vaccination strategy.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org review of the 100-million-shot goal · FactCheck.org town-hall review
Unresolved
The United States would have 600 million Pfizer and Moderna doses, enough for every adult, by the end of July.
The announced contracts could supply that quantity if manufacturers met delivery schedules, but this was a forward supply projection when Biden stated it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Supported
The American Rescue Plan was a roughly $1.9 trillion package.
CBO estimated that the enacted provisions would increase deficits by about $1.86 trillion through 2030.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan · CBO estimated budgetary effects of H.R. 1319
Supported
The American Rescue Plan provided about $130 billion for elementary and secondary schools.
CBO's table shows $128.6 billion for the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund, which rounds to $130 billion.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Unresolved
About 400,000 small businesses had permanently closed during the pandemic.
Private business-tracking estimates suggested hundreds of thousands of closures, but there was no complete official count and temporary and permanent closures were difficult to separate.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Supported
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll exceeded U.S. deaths in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam war combined.
By the late-February dates on which Biden used this comparison, the reported COVID-19 toll exceeded the commonly cited combined U.S. military-death totals for those wars; adding 9/11 did not reverse it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline · FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
3 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed spoken records · 3 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll exceeded U.S. deaths in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam war combined.
By the late-February dates on which Biden used this comparison, the reported COVID-19 toll exceeded the commonly cited combined U.S. military-death totals for those wars; adding 9/11 did not reverse it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline · FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Unresolved
The United States would have 600 million Pfizer and Moderna doses, enough for every adult, by the end of July.
The announced contracts could supply that quantity if manufacturers met delivery schedules, but this was a forward supply projection when Biden stated it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
3 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The administration reached 50 million reported vaccine doses during Biden's first 37 days.
CDC reporting recorded the milestone on February 25, 2021.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached or were approaching 500,000.
The national reported death count crossed 500,000 in late February 2021, matching Biden's dated milestone statements and near-term forecasts.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll exceeded U.S. deaths in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam war combined.
By the late-February dates on which Biden used this comparison, the reported COVID-19 toll exceeded the commonly cited combined U.S. military-death totals for those wars; adding 9/11 did not reverse it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline · FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
2021-03
March, 2021
The first presidential news conference combined vaccination milestones with border, tax and Senate-procedure claims.
31calendar days41spoken records
Transcript status: 41 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending.
Supported18False5Misleading4Unresolved13
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Unresolved
About 400,000 small businesses had permanently closed during the pandemic.
Private business-tracking estimates suggested hundreds of thousands of closures, but there was no complete official count and temporary and permanent closures were difficult to separate.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Unresolved
About 400,000 small businesses had permanently closed during the pandemic.
Private business-tracking estimates suggested hundreds of thousands of closures, but there was no complete official count and temporary and permanent closures were difficult to separate.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
3 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Unresolved
About 400,000 small businesses had permanently closed during the pandemic.
Private business-tracking estimates suggested hundreds of thousands of closures, but there was no complete official count and temporary and permanent closures were difficult to separate.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Supported
About 85% of U.S. households would receive a $1,400 payment under the American Rescue Plan.
Distributional estimates put the eligible household share in the mid-80s, with the exact figure depending on income data and household definition.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Unresolved
About 400,000 small businesses had permanently closed during the pandemic.
Private business-tracking estimates suggested hundreds of thousands of closures, but there was no complete official count and temporary and permanent closures were difficult to separate.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll exceeded U.S. deaths in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam war combined.
By the late-February dates on which Biden used this comparison, the reported COVID-19 toll exceeded the commonly cited combined U.S. military-death totals for those wars; adding 9/11 did not reverse it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline · FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
No Biden-participation spoken record indexed
No indexed spoken record for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Biden-participation transcript inventory.
3 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Supported
About 85% of U.S. households would receive a $1,400 payment under the American Rescue Plan.
Distributional estimates put the eligible household share in the mid-80s, with the exact figure depending on income data and household definition.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Supported
More than 100 million American Rescue Plan payments had been issued by late March.
Treasury reported 127 million payments worth about $325 billion by March 24.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury statement on American Rescue Plan payments
3 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Supported
About 85% of U.S. households would receive a $1,400 payment under the American Rescue Plan.
Distributional estimates put the eligible household share in the mid-80s, with the exact figure depending on income data and household definition.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Supported
More than 100 million American Rescue Plan payments had been issued by late March.
Treasury reported 127 million payments worth about $325 billion by March 24.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury statement on American Rescue Plan payments
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached or were approaching 500,000.
The national reported death count crossed 500,000 in late February 2021, matching Biden's dated milestone statements and near-term forecasts.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
Reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths had reached or were approaching 500,000.
The national reported death count crossed 500,000 in late February 2021, matching Biden's dated milestone statements and near-term forecasts.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Misleading
The goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in 100 days was widely regarded as unusually ambitious.
The goal was important operationally, but the United States was already averaging close to one million reported doses per day when Biden took office; maintaining that pace would nearly meet it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed spoken records · 2 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll exceeded U.S. deaths in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam war combined.
By the late-February dates on which Biden used this comparison, the reported COVID-19 toll exceeded the commonly cited combined U.S. military-death totals for those wars; adding 9/11 did not reverse it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline · FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Supported
The administration reached 100 million reported vaccine doses on about day 58, well before day 100.
CDC's cumulative dose series crossed 100 million during Biden's 58th day in office.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
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The administration reached 100 million reported vaccine doses on about day 58, well before day 100.
CDC's cumulative dose series crossed 100 million during Biden's 58th day in office.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Unresolved
The United States would have 600 million Pfizer and Moderna doses, enough for every adult, by the end of July.
The announced contracts could supply that quantity if manufacturers met delivery schedules, but this was a forward supply projection when Biden stated it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
3 attributable claims assessed
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Supported
About 85% of U.S. households would receive a $1,400 payment under the American Rescue Plan.
Distributional estimates put the eligible household share in the mid-80s, with the exact figure depending on income data and household definition.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Remarks on Equal Pay Day ↗
Supported
The American Rescue Plan provided about $130 billion for elementary and secondary schools.
CBO's table shows $128.6 billion for the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund, which rounds to $130 billion.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Remarks on Equal Pay Day ↗
Misleading
Women earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.
The Census annual-earnings ratio for full-time, year-round workers was near 82 cents, but the broad comparison did not adjust for occupation, hours, experience or other factors.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- Context
- Remarks on Equal Pay Day ↗
Evidence: Census Bureau historical income tables
9 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The administration met its first 100-million-vaccine-dose goal on day 58.
Federal vaccination data recorded the 100-million-dose milestone in mid-March, more than a month before day 100.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: American Presidency Project transcript and FactCheck.org review
Supported
More than 100 million payments of $1,400 had reached Americans' bank accounts.
Treasury and IRS distribution announcements reported more than 100 million Economic Impact Payments by that date.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-press-conference evidence review
False
The Trump administration eliminated more than $700 million in aid addressing migration from Central America.
Funding declined, some money was reprogrammed and aid was temporarily suspended, but annual appropriations continued and the previously suspended assistance was later programmed.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org and Congressional Research Service review
False
Nothing had changed in the number of children arriving at the southern border.
Biden cited figures for all apprehensions, while apprehensions of unaccompanied children rose about 63% from January to February.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org border-statistics review
False
The United States was sending back the vast majority of migrant families arriving at the southern border.
In February, about 41% of apprehended family units were expelled, which was not a vast majority.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org family-expulsion review
Unresolved
More than half of Republican voters supported the American Rescue Plan.
Some polling crossed 50%, while other contemporaneous national polls put Republican support between 26% and 46%; the result depended on the survey and question wording.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org polling comparison
Misleading
Eighty-three percent of the benefits from the 2017 tax law went to the top 1%.
That share applied to a modeled 2027 distribution after most individual provisions expired; estimates for 2018 and 2025 were much lower.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org Tax Policy Center review
False
A middle-income police officer and teacher paid a higher average tax rate than a person making $1 billion a year.
Available distributional estimates showed the highest-income groups paying substantially higher average federal tax rates than middle-income households.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org effective-tax-rate review
False
There were five times as many cloture motions in 2020 as there were from 1917 through 1970.
There were about twice as many motions filed in 2020 as in that earlier period, not five times as many.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org Senate cloture count
2 attributable claims assessed
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Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Supported
More than 100 million American Rescue Plan payments had been issued by late March.
Treasury reported 127 million payments worth about $325 billion by March 24.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury statement on American Rescue Plan payments
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Supported
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll exceeded U.S. deaths in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam war combined.
By the late-February dates on which Biden used this comparison, the reported COVID-19 toll exceeded the commonly cited combined U.S. military-death totals for those wars; adding 9/11 did not reverse it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline · FactCheck.org inaugural-address review
Supported
The United States reached 200 million reported vaccine doses before Biden's 100th day.
CDC recorded the 200-million milestone on April 21, day 92, and more than 220 million doses by day 100.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Unresolved
The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
Misleading
The United States ranked 13th in the world for infrastructure.
A World Economic Forum competitiveness table placed U.S. infrastructure 13th overall, but the ranking combined multiple perception and performance measures and did not establish a single universal infrastructure rank.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · ASCE 2021 Infrastructure Report Card
Unresolved
Up to ten million U.S. homes had lead service lines carrying drinking water.
EPA and industry estimates commonly placed the number of lead service lines between six million and ten million, but no complete national inventory existed in 2021 and a service line is not identical to a home.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: EPA lead service line inventory guidance
2021-04
April 1–29, 2021
The first address to Congress reviewed 100-day results and advanced claims about jobs, vaccines, migration, guns and research.
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The American Rescue Plan would cut child poverty roughly in half.
Microsimulation models projected a reduction near 50% under the expanded tax credit and other provisions, but it was a modeled, policy-dependent forecast rather than an observed result when stated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Treasury American Rescue Plan relief fact sheet · CBO estimate for the American Rescue Plan
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed spoken record · 1 complete · 0 in progress · 0 pending
Supported
The economy added about 900,000 jobs in March 2021.
BLS initially reported an increase of 916,000 nonfarm jobs for March.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, March 2021
Misleading
An independent analysis showed the American Jobs Plan would create 19 million jobs.
The Moody's forecast projected about 19 million total jobs during the recovery with the plan, but only about 2.7 million more than its no-plan baseline.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · PolitiFact review of Biden's first 100 days
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Misleading
The goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in 100 days was widely regarded as unusually ambitious.
The goal was important operationally, but the United States was already averaging close to one million reported doses per day when Biden took office; maintaining that pace would nearly meet it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Supported
The United States administered 150 million reported vaccine doses during Biden's first 75 days.
CDC's cumulative series supports the dated 150-million milestone.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
The United States reached 200 million reported vaccine doses before Biden's 100th day.
CDC recorded the 200-million milestone on April 21, day 92, and more than 220 million doses by day 100.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
More than 80% of teachers, school staff and childcare workers had received at least one vaccine dose by the end of March.
CDC's survey-based estimate reported nearly 80% with at least one dose by the end of March; the rounded wording was substantially accurate.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC COVIDView report for April 2, 2021
1 attributable claim assessed
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More than 35% of rural Americans lacked reliable high-speed internet.
The figure came from survey-based experience or older availability measures; the FCC's provider-reported benchmark found a materially smaller rural share without fixed 25/3 Mbps service, while acknowledging overstatement of coverage.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FCC 2021 Broadband Deployment Report · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
4 attributable claims assessed
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Supported
About 106 people died from firearm injuries each day in the United States.
CDC recorded 39,707 firearm deaths in 2019, an average of about 109 per day; the rounded statement was conservative.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC firearm mortality data
Unresolved
About 316 people were shot each day in the United States.
The figure combined firearm deaths with an estimated number of nonfatal injuries. Nonfatal national firearm-injury estimates were survey-based and statistically unstable.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC firearm injury and mortality data
Unresolved
More than 850 shootings killed over 250 people and injured 500 others in the week between two mass shootings.
The count was based on a nongovernmental incident database whose definition includes many events not captured in official national real-time statistics; the precise interval total is not independently reproducible from a single authoritative dataset.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Gun Violence Archive methodology
Supported
More than half of U.S. suicides involved a firearm.
CDC mortality data show firearms were used in just over half of suicides in the relevant years.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC suicide data
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The United States would have 600 million Pfizer and Moderna doses, enough for every adult, by the end of July.
The announced contracts could supply that quantity if manufacturers met delivery schedules, but this was a forward supply projection when Biden stated it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
2 attributable claims assessed
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Supported
The war in Afghanistan was the longest war in U.S. history.
U.S. military operations begun in October 2001 had continued for nearly two decades by April 2021, longer than any other sustained U.S. war.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Congressional Research Service Afghanistan war report
Supported
About 2,448 U.S. service members had died and 20,722 had been wounded in the Afghanistan conflict.
The official Defense Department casualty table listed 2,448 deaths and 20,722 wounded in action; the transcript corrected Biden's spoken 2,488 to 2,448.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: Defense Department Afghanistan casualty-status archive
1 attributable claim assessed
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The economy added about 900,000 jobs in March 2021.
BLS initially reported an increase of 916,000 nonfarm jobs for March.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, March 2021
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Misleading
The goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in 100 days was widely regarded as unusually ambitious.
The goal was important operationally, but the United States was already averaging close to one million reported doses per day when Biden took office; maintaining that pace would nearly meet it.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Supported
The United States reached 200 million reported vaccine doses before Biden's 100th day.
CDC recorded the 200-million milestone on April 21, day 92, and more than 220 million doses by day 100.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
More than 80% of Americans aged 65 and older had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose by late April.
CDC reported a first-dose share above 80% for this age group by the stated late-April dates.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC COVIDView report for April 2, 2021 · CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
1 attributable claim assessed
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Supported
The United States accounted for less than 15% of annual global carbon dioxide emissions.
Global emissions inventories put the U.S. share near 14% in 2019, though its cumulative historical share was much larger.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: EPA global greenhouse gas emissions data
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Supported
The United States reached 200 million reported vaccine doses before Biden's 100th day.
CDC recorded the 200-million milestone on April 21, day 92, and more than 220 million doses by day 100.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
Supported
More than 80% of Americans aged 65 and older had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose by late April.
CDC reported a first-dose share above 80% for this age group by the stated late-April dates.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: CDC COVIDView report for April 2, 2021 · CDC Museum COVID-19 timeline
15 attributable claims assessed
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The United States had experienced its worst pandemic in a century.
COVID-19 produced the country's deadliest pandemic since the 1918 influenza pandemic and an exceptional national death toll by April 2021.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact first-address review
Misleading
Biden inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
The pandemic recession produced record quarterly losses, but employment and GDP had already rebounded substantially from their 2020 lows by inauguration day.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org inherited-economy analysis
False
Biden had traveled more than 17,000 miles with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Documented joint travel did not approach 17,000 miles; the White House later described the figure as combined travel associated with meetings rather than travel together.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org Xi travel review
Supported
Independent estimates projected that the American Jobs Plan could create millions of jobs.
Moody's Analytics projected 2.7 million additional jobs over ten years, while a Georgetown analysis projected creating or saving 15 million.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org jobs-model review
Unresolved
Independent experts showed the American Jobs Plan would generate trillions of dollars in economic growth.
Forecasts diverged: Moody's projected a medium-term GDP lift, while the Penn Wharton model projected lower long-run GDP.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Misleading
The Trump administration decided the Central America migration program was not worthwhile and Biden was restoring it.
The prior administration cut and temporarily suspended aid, but the broader initiative and annual funding were not eliminated.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
False
The vast majority of the more than 11 million undocumented people in the United States had overstayed visas.
Independent estimates found that slightly more than half of the long-settled unauthorized population entered by crossing a border without authorization.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org visa-overstay review
Unresolved
The 1994 Federal assault-weapons ban worked to reduce mass shootings and gun violence.
Research on assault-weapon bans was inconclusive, though evidence was stronger for limits on large-capacity magazines.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: FactCheck.org and RAND evidence review
Supported
The economy added more than 1.3 million jobs during Biden's first 100 days, the largest raw increase for a newly elected president on record.
BLS data showed nearly 1.4 million additional nonfarm jobs from January through March, exceeding comparable postwar first-100-day raw gains.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact BLS comparison
Supported
Less than 1% of Americans aged 65 and older were fully vaccinated on January 20.
CDC data placed the fully vaccinated share for that age group at 0.8% on inauguration day.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact CDC vaccination review
Supported
About 70% of Americans aged 65 and older were fully protected by late April.
CDC reported 68.3% fully vaccinated and 82% with at least one dose on April 28, making the rounded claim substantially accurate.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact CDC vaccination review
Supported
COVID-19 deaths among seniors had fallen at least 80% since January.
Age-specific CDC data later supplied for the period showed a decline between roughly 92% and 95%, although recent death data remained subject to revision.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact CDC mortality review
Supported
Fifty-five of the largest U.S. corporations paid no Federal corporate income tax in 2020.
An Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy analysis identified 55 profitable corporations reporting no current Federal income-tax expense; Joint Committee data supported the broader pattern.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact corporate-tax review
Supported
Federal research and development spending had fallen from about 2% of GDP decades earlier to less than 1%.
National Science Foundation data showed a peak near 1.9% in 1964 and about 0.6% in 2017.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact research-spending review
Misleading
Nearly 90% of projected American Jobs Plan jobs would not require a college degree, and 75% would not require an associate degree.
The cited analysis supported the 75% figure and found about 85% would not require a bachelor's degree, close to but below 90%; the estimates also depended on a proposal that had not become law.
- Speaker
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Evidence: PolitiFact Georgetown jobs analysis
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This is a completed review of the 110 located Biden-participation spoken records for the first 100 days. It assesses specific factual claims that could be checked against reliable evidence; predictions, policy preferences, nonfactual rhetoric, reporter questions and other speakers' words remain outside the tally. Later evidence can still justify a documented correction.