Latest Fact Checks By Catharine Richert

Schultz claims that Landrieu got $1.8 million in BP PAC and employee contributions

By Catharine Richert

May 14, 2010

"Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu received almost $1.8 million from BP over the last decade."

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Landrieu says the Deepwater Horizon well is leaking 7,000 barrels of oil each day and a half

By Catharine Richert

May 13, 2010

"In the last 10 years we've only had 7,000 barrels of oil spilled in the Gulf ... not counting hurricanes. This well is spewing that…

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Reid claims O’Connor had no previous judicial experience

By Catharine Richert

May 12, 2010

On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.

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Rival says he’s forced John McCain to drop amnesty for illegal immigrants

By Catharine Richert

May 5, 2010

"Up until two weeks ago, John McCain was a leading proponent of amnesty. Now with me challenging him, suddenly he has changed."

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Vanden Heuvel claims the energy industry isn’t investing much in research and development

By Catharine Richert

May 3, 2010

"At the moment, energy companies spend 0.25 percent on R&D."

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Specter says Congress can tell the Supreme Court what to consider

By Catharine Richert

April 29, 2010

 "Congress can tell [the Supreme Court] which cases they ought to hear. We have that authority."

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Will says Arizona law merely echoes federal immigration statutes

By Catharine Richert

April 28, 2010

 "What the Arizona law does is make a state crime out of something that already is... a federal crime."

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Corker claims the financial regulation got a speedy vote

By Catharine Richert

April 25, 2010

The Banking Committee voted a 1,336-page bill "out of committee in 21 minutes with no amendments, with the understanding that before the bill came to…

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Obama didn’t expand offshore drilling, Boehner says

By Catharine Richert

April 23, 2010

"Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted…

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Paul Ryan’s federal dole statistics omit important details

By Catharine Richert

April 21, 2010

In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving…

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Sen. Richard Shelby overlooks safeguards in financial regulation bill

By Catharine Richert

April 16, 2010

"The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any…

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Colbert claims Justice John Paul Stevens is the last Protestant on the Supreme Court

By Catharine Richert

April 14, 2010

John Paul Stevens is the only Protestant on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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