Fact Check Posts – Page 21

Rhode Island Rep. Peter Palumbo says a dog in a driver’s lap poses flying projectile risk

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 30, 2013

Driving with a dog in your lap is dangerous, in part, because it could fly forward in a crash. "An 80-pound dog at only 30…

Christopher Plante says Rhode Island’s governor can’t veto proposal for constitutional amendment on same-sex marriage

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 23, 2013

"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says he submitted his state budget proposal earlier than any governor in the past two decades

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 18, 2013

The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."

Providence City Council resolution claims semi-automatic weapons are designed for military use

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 16, 2013

"Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."

Providence economic development director James Bennett says the numbers “are going up” at T.F. Green Airport

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 10, 2013

"Our numbers are going up at the airport."

Facebook posting says the gun-rich Swiss have the lowest firearm crime rate in the civilized world

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 6, 2013

"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the…

Facebook posting on handgun deaths has out-of-date numbers, but the trend persists

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

December 23, 2012

"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42…

Obama says fiscal cliff poses risk to 400,000 middle class Rhode Island families

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

December 16, 2012

"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."

Pew Environment Group says the Atlantic menhaden population declined by 90 percent in recent years

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

December 14, 2012

"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."

People’s Majority: Sheldon Whitehouse got a secret briefing warning of the 2008 economic collapse

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

November 3, 2012

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says budget proposed by vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan would eliminate Medicare in 10 years

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

November 2, 2012

"The Ryan budget gets rid of Medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program."

U.S. Senate candidate Barry Hinckley says incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a $525-billion tax hike on the middle class

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

November 1, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."

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Rhode Island Rep. Peter Palumbo says a dog in a driver’s lap poses flying projectile risk

Christopher Plante says Rhode Island’s governor can’t veto proposal for constitutional amendment on same-sex marriage

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says he submitted his state budget proposal earlier than any governor in the past two decades

Providence City Council resolution claims semi-automatic weapons are designed for military use

Providence economic development director James Bennett says the numbers “are going up” at T.F. Green Airport

Facebook posting says the gun-rich Swiss have the lowest firearm crime rate in the civilized world

Facebook posting on handgun deaths has out-of-date numbers, but the trend persists

Obama says fiscal cliff poses risk to 400,000 middle class Rhode Island families

Pew Environment Group says the Atlantic menhaden population declined by 90 percent in recent years

People’s Majority: Sheldon Whitehouse got a secret briefing warning of the 2008 economic collapse

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says budget proposed by vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan would eliminate Medicare in 10 years

U.S. Senate candidate Barry Hinckley says incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a $525-billion tax hike on the middle class