Fact Check Posts – Page 108

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says union members earn $200 more a week than those not in unions

By Louis Jacobson

February 7, 2014

"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."

Conservative website says Barack Obama signed law to require health professionals to share private data that would lead to gun confiscation

By Louis Jacobson

February 6, 2014

"According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the…

John Boehner says Obamacare is “expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs”

By Louis Jacobson

February 5, 2014

Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs."

Sen. Tom Harkin says Cuba has lower child mortality, longer life expectancy than U.S.

By Louis Jacobson

January 31, 2014

Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."

Rand Paul says Barack Obama ‘spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs.’

By Louis Jacobson

January 30, 2014

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

Barack Obama, in State of the Union, says women make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns

By Louis Jacobson

January 29, 2014

Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."

Barack Obama, in State of the Union, says U.S. has cut carbon pollution more than any other country

By Louis Jacobson

January 29, 2014

"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."

In State of the Union, Obama says average wages have ‘barely budged’ over past 4 years

By Louis Jacobson

January 29, 2014

During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert says 40 years ago, ‘hardly anybody’ in the U.S. had health insurance

By Louis Jacobson

January 24, 2014

"Forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance."

Barack Obama says U.S. generates ‘more natural gas than anybody’

By Louis Jacobson

January 22, 2014

"Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody."

Viral Internet meme says U.S. government predicted in 1916 that hemp would soon be dominant for making paper

By Louis Jacobson

January 17, 2014

"In 1916, the U.S. government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees would need to be…

Just 3% of younger voters don’t believe climate change is happening, Sen. Chris Murphy says

By Louis Jacobson

January 15, 2014

"Only 3 percent of voters 18 to 34 don't believe that climate change is really happening."

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Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says union members earn $200 more a week than those not in unions

Conservative website says Barack Obama signed law to require health professionals to share private data that would lead to gun confiscation

John Boehner says Obamacare is “expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs”

Sen. Tom Harkin says Cuba has lower child mortality, longer life expectancy than U.S.

Rand Paul says Barack Obama ‘spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs.’

Barack Obama, in State of the Union, says women make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns

Barack Obama, in State of the Union, says U.S. has cut carbon pollution more than any other country

In State of the Union, Obama says average wages have ‘barely budged’ over past 4 years

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert says 40 years ago, ‘hardly anybody’ in the U.S. had health insurance

Barack Obama says U.S. generates ‘more natural gas than anybody’

Viral Internet meme says U.S. government predicted in 1916 that hemp would soon be dominant for making paper

Just 3% of younger voters don’t believe climate change is happening, Sen. Chris Murphy says