Latest Fact Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Republican Party of Florida says Alex Sink was in charge of pension losses

October 6, 2010
"Newspapers say Florida made bad investments, lost hundreds of millions of dollars, billions in pension funds lost. Who was in charge of Florida's investments? Alex…
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Ad against Barbara Boxer says hospitals might stop taking Medicare. We find that unlikely.

October 4, 2010
"Barbara Boxer voted to cut spending on Medicare benefits by $500 billion, cuts so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking…
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Former lobbyists wrote “A Pledge to America”? Not plural, and help is questionable

September 30, 2010
The Republican election platform "was actually written with the help of a former lobbyist for AIG and a former lobbyist for Exxon-Mobil."
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Ants in the stimulus? Office space for politicians? Ad attacks New Hampshire Senate candidate

September 29, 2010
Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., "voted for the pork-filled stimulus bill -- $1.9 million to study ants in Africa, $39 million for office upgrades for politicians."
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Americans for Job Security targets Zack Space, other Dems on their agenda

September 27, 2010
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
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Obama says Bush administration put no conditions on aid to auto companies

September 22, 2010
The Bush administration had been "giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return."
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Obama too soft on Wall Street? Public worries about Wall Street’s influence

September 22, 2010
"There's a big chunk of the country that thinks that I have been too soft on Wall Street."
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Medicare ‘cuts’ in the health care law will hurt seniors, says 60 Plus Association

September 20, 2010
The new health care law "will cut $500 billion from Medicare. That will hurt the quality of our care."
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Former Florida GOP chair apologizes to Obama on education speech

September 14, 2010
On whether President Obama's speeches to school children spread "socialist ideology."
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Goolsbee says millionaires’ tax cuts average $100,000

September 13, 2010
Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."
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Obama said Boehner opposes tax rule to keep profits and jobs in the USA

September 13, 2010
John Boehner wants to reopen a tax loophole "that actually rewarded corporations for shipping jobs and profits overseas."
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