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Barack Obama says sequester would leave ‘tens of thousands’ of parents scrambling for child care

By Becky Bowers

February 22, 2013

Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."

Wayne LaPierre says New York mayor refused National Guard help after Sandy ‘because Guardsmen carry guns!’

By Becky Bowers

February 20, 2013

Says after Hurricane Sandy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg "refused to allow the National Guard into the city to restore civil order because Guardsmen carry…

President Barack Obama says an ‘overwhelming’ majority supports gun legislation like background checks

By Becky Bowers

February 13, 2013

Says "overwhelming majorities of Americans" support gun legislation "like background checks."

Stephen King says since Australia cracked down on guns, homicides by gun dropped 60 percent

By Becky Bowers

January 31, 2013

Says since Australia passed tough gun laws, "homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent."

Marco Rubio says after D.C. passed gun laws, ‘violence skyrocketed’

By Becky Bowers

January 28, 2013

"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."

Rep. Jackie Speier says poll shows NRA members believe all gun buyers face background checks

By Becky Bowers

January 23, 2013

"Even members of the NRA, when they were polled recently, were under the impression that everyone has a criminal background check."

AIG says it has repaid the government, plus profit

By Becky Bowers

January 2, 2013

AIG has fully repaid the federal government "plus a profit of more than $22 billion."

Ad claims Mitt Romney made ‘over a hundred million dollars’ shutting down paper plant

By Becky Bowers

November 5, 2012

"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."

Clint Eastwood says in ad that U.S. borrows $4B day, much ‘from China’

By Becky Bowers

October 30, 2012

"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."

Obama claims Romney said “we should ask Pakistan for permission” to take out Osama bin Laden

By Becky Bowers

October 23, 2012

Says Romney said "we should ask Pakistan for permission" to take a shot at Osama bin Laden.

Romney says a survey found Massachusetts ‘had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state’

By Becky Bowers

October 22, 2012

Says a university survey concluded his Massachusetts administration "had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America."

Planned Parenthood says Mitt Romney and George Allen ‘would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion’

By Becky Bowers

October 19, 2012

Says Mitt Romney and George Allen "would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest…

Latest Fact Checks By Becky Bowers

Barack Obama says sequester would leave ‘tens of thousands’ of parents scrambling for child care

Wayne LaPierre says New York mayor refused National Guard help after Sandy ‘because Guardsmen carry guns!’

President Barack Obama says an ‘overwhelming’ majority supports gun legislation like background checks

Stephen King says since Australia cracked down on guns, homicides by gun dropped 60 percent

Marco Rubio says after D.C. passed gun laws, ‘violence skyrocketed’

Rep. Jackie Speier says poll shows NRA members believe all gun buyers face background checks

AIG says it has repaid the government, plus profit

Ad claims Mitt Romney made ‘over a hundred million dollars’ shutting down paper plant

Clint Eastwood says in ad that U.S. borrows $4B day, much ‘from China’

Obama claims Romney said “we should ask Pakistan for permission” to take out Osama bin Laden

Romney says a survey found Massachusetts ‘had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state’

Planned Parenthood says Mitt Romney and George Allen ‘would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion’