Latest Fact Checks By Becky Bowers

‘Life of Julia’ says Romney refused to say if he would sign equal pay law

By Becky Bowers

May 8, 2012

Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."

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Ad says stimulus tax credits funded traffic lights in China

By Becky Bowers

May 3, 2012

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as  "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."

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Ad says stimulus tax credits funded jobs in Finland

By Becky Bowers

May 3, 2012

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."

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Ad says stimulus tax credits funded a solar company building a Mexico plant

By Becky Bowers

May 2, 2012

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."

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Obama ad says Mitt Romney’s view on killing bin Laden was ‘it’s not worth moving heaven and earth’

By Becky Bowers

April 30, 2012

Says Mitt Romney's comments indicated he would not have pursued Osama bin Laden.

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Ted Nugent says four justices declared Americans have ‘no fundamental right to self-defense’

By Becky Bowers

April 23, 2012

"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."  

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President Barack Obama says his administration has nearly doubled rate of China trade cases

By Becky Bowers

April 18, 2012

"We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration."

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Crossroads GPS ad says oil production on federal lands dropped under President Barack Obama

By Becky Bowers

April 13, 2012

Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."

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Chain email says media ignored recent ‘raid on the Arizona border’

By Becky Bowers

April 10, 2012

"Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? … Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!"

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Vice President Joe Biden says, ‘General Motors is the largest corporation in the world’

By Becky Bowers

April 9, 2012

"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."

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President Barack Obama says GOP budget cuts financial aid to college students

By Becky Bowers

April 6, 2012

Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would…

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Rick Santorum says seven or eight Calif. universities ‘don’t even teach’ American history

By Becky Bowers

April 3, 2012

"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be…

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