Latest Fact-Checks By Catharine Richert

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Axelrod claims Bush saddled Obama with a big deficit

January 15, 2010

When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended…

Inhofe claims that e-mails ‘debunk’ science behind climate change

December 12, 2009

The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."

Proposals allow emerging economies more carbon emissions

December 11, 2009

"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.

Robinson claims the fall of USSR meant a big drop in greenhouse gas emissions

December 9, 2009

The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."

Murtha claims the U.S. will have more troops in Afghanistan than Russia

December 4, 2009

"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."

McConnell gets it right on medical malpractice reform

December 2, 2009

The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.

$6,800 for cap and trade not a CBO estimate

November 27, 2009

"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap…

Chain e-mail claims cap-and-trade will require home retrofits, license before sale

November 23, 2009

Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.

Boehner claims that the Senate health care bill includes an abortion fee

November 21, 2009

Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."

Industry group claims that we have 100 years’ worth of natural gas

November 18, 2009

The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."

Democratic cap and trade plans have credits to offset electricity rate increases

November 17, 2009

A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."

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