Latest Fact Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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The health care law a “job killer”? The evidence falls short

January 20, 2011
The health care law is "job killing."
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Sarah Palin said “violence isn’t the answer” at a March campaign rally

January 12, 2011
Says she condemned violence at a campaign stop in Arizona in March.
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Do members of Congress have to pay back student loans? Yes.

January 11, 2011
Members of Congress and their families and staff are exempt from repaying student loans.
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‘Obama tax hikes’? Just as easily call them the Bush tax hikes.

December 2, 2010
"Pls refer to Jan.1 tax changes appropriately: they're OBAMA TAX HIKES & they'll slam every American's savings, investments & job opportunity"
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Food safety law to regulate your backyard garden? No, it doesn’t.

December 1, 2010
New food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.
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Michele Bachmann says $250,000 in gross sales means a tax increase.

November 17, 2010
Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases."
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Paul Krugman said Obama’s deficit co-chairs suggested tax cuts for the rich

November 17, 2010
A proposal to reduce the deficit "involved large tax cuts for the top bracket."
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Paul Krugman said Obama’s deficit co-chairs had no ideas for controlling health care costs

November 16, 2010
A recent report from the president's deficit commission was "completely empty" on controlling health care costs.
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Mike Pence says raising taxes lowers tax revenues

November 9, 2010
"Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues."
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Tim Kaine said economy shrank for the first time in ’09

November 5, 2010
When Obama took office "the economy of the United States was actually shrinking for the first time in about 70 years."
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Lasers in the sky? The military is trying it.

October 31, 2010
Says John Raese said he wants "1,000 laser systems put in the sky, and we need it right now."
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