Latest Fact Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Warren Buffett says the super-rich pay lower tax rates than others

By Angie Drobnic Holan
August 18, 2011
The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then…
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One in four Texans lack health insurance

By Angie Drobnic Holan
August 15, 2011
"One in four Texans lacks health insurance, the highest proportion in the nation."
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Do scientists disagree about global warming?

By Angie Drobnic Holan , David G. Taylor
August 14, 2011
"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair…
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Bachmann said Standard & Poor’s downgrade proved she was right

By Angie Drobnic Holan
August 12, 2011
When Standard & Poor's "dropped our credit rating, what they said is, we don't have an ability to repay our debt. ... I was proved…
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Pawlenty says Obamacare is patterned after Romneycare

By Angie Drobnic Holan
August 12, 2011
"Obamacare was patterned after (Mitt Romney's) plan in Massachusetts."
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Paul Krugman said the average Republican favors including taxes as part of overall debt deal

By Angie Drobnic Holan
August 3, 2011
"The average Republican voter thinks there should be some revenue as part of this deal."
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Allen West says spending cuts are part of a debt ceiling increase for the first time in history

By Angie Drobnic Holan
July 29, 2011
"This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."
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Tim Pawlenty said Michele Bachmann’s legislative record is ‘failed amendments’

By Angie Drobnic Holan
July 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."
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Did Tim Pawlenty say, “The era of small government is over”?

By Angie Drobnic Holan
July 26, 2011
Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."
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Ronald Reagan talks about the debt ceiling

By Angie Drobnic Holan
July 22, 2011
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired…
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