Latest Fact Checks By Catharine Richert

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New bill doesn’t alter interest rate

By Catharine Richert
March 30, 2010
"The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge."
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Crist touts Cover Florida as cost-saving health care for Floridians

By Catharine Richert
March 29, 2010
"The average cost for health insurance in Florida went from about $600 a month for an individual to about $150 a month."
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Rubio claims Social Security is upside down sooner than expected

By Catharine Richert
March 28, 2010
"Just this week we received the news that for the first time Social Security is now paying out more in benefits than it's taking in.…
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Health bill appears to exempt some congressional staff

By Catharine Richert
March 26, 2010
"The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff."
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Stearns says House Democrats trample procedures in health care vote

By Catharine Richert
March 17, 2010
"There is no precedent for what the Democrats are doing with this deception. ... We have never written a reconciliation bill to amend a law…
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Rush Limbaugh says because of Obama, people can’t go fishing anymore

By Catharine Richert
March 17, 2010
People "can't go fishing anymore because of Obama."
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Obama’s pay increase for the military based on formula

By Catharine Richert
March 11, 2010
"Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973 ... A LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN…
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Pelosi claims that health care reform will create thousands of jobs

By Catharine Richert
March 8, 2010
The health care bill will "create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately."
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Health care reform bill will expand Medicaid, increasing demands on doctors

By Catharine Richert
March 1, 2010
The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of…
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Ad says Bachmann wants to ‘wean’ nation off entitlements, privatize Social Security

By Catharine Richert
February 25, 2010
"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some…
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Palin claims that most of the renewable energy stimulus dollars have gone to Chinese turbinemakers

By Catharine Richert
February 23, 2010
"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase…
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