Fact Check Posts – Page 107

Ted Cruz says Barack Obama is first president ‘who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore’

By Louis Jacobson

March 10, 2014

Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."

Barack Obama says half of Republicans agree with his proposed minimum wage hike

By Louis Jacobson

March 7, 2014

"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."

Larry Pressler recalls role rejecting Abscam bribe in new campaign ad

By Louis Jacobson

March 4, 2014

"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."

Paul Ryan releases report saying percentage of Americans in ‘deep poverty’ has hit a record over past three years

By Louis Jacobson

March 4, 2014

"Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."

Barack Obama says fewer black, Latino young men participate in the labor force than young white men

By Louis Jacobson

February 28, 2014

"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."

Bobby Jindal says Louisiana’s growth has outpaced the nation’s since the recession

By Louis Jacobson

February 27, 2014

"Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession."

Barack Obama says Medicaid expansion has brought health care to 7 million who never had access before

By Louis Jacobson

February 25, 2014

"We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."

Dick Durbin says U.S. debt is on track to fall by $3 trillion in next 10 years

By Louis Jacobson

February 25, 2014

Under current policies, "we're going to reduce the overall debt of the United States by $3 trillion over the next 10 years."

NRCC says Congressional Budget Office predicts Obamacare will cost economy 2.5 million jobs

By Louis Jacobson , Steve Contorno

February 14, 2014

"Nonpartisan government analysts say Obamacare will cost our economy up to 2.5 million jobs."

Democratic group says N.C. GOP Senate hopeful Thom Tillis supports a plan that would ‘end Medicare as we know it’

By Louis Jacobson

February 14, 2014

Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "supports a plan that would end Medicare as we know it."

Pro-Democratic group says North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let pre-existing condition protections disappear

By Louis Jacobson

February 13, 2014

North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let insurance companies "deny coverage for pre-existing conditions."

George Will says Social Security was created in the 1930s ‘as a way of getting people to quit working’

By Louis Jacobson

February 11, 2014

"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a…

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Ted Cruz says Barack Obama is first president ‘who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore’

Barack Obama says half of Republicans agree with his proposed minimum wage hike

Larry Pressler recalls role rejecting Abscam bribe in new campaign ad

Paul Ryan releases report saying percentage of Americans in ‘deep poverty’ has hit a record over past three years

Barack Obama says fewer black, Latino young men participate in the labor force than young white men

Bobby Jindal says Louisiana’s growth has outpaced the nation’s since the recession

Barack Obama says Medicaid expansion has brought health care to 7 million who never had access before

Dick Durbin says U.S. debt is on track to fall by $3 trillion in next 10 years

NRCC says Congressional Budget Office predicts Obamacare will cost economy 2.5 million jobs

Democratic group says N.C. GOP Senate hopeful Thom Tillis supports a plan that would ‘end Medicare as we know it’

Pro-Democratic group says North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let pre-existing condition protections disappear

George Will says Social Security was created in the 1930s ‘as a way of getting people to quit working’