Fact Check Posts – Page 110

Rob Portman says ‘about 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage’

By Louis Jacobson

December 8, 2013

"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."

Barack Obama says minimum wage is lower now than under Harry Truman

By Louis Jacobson

December 4, 2013

The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."

Facebook post says 44 percent of homeless people are employed

By Louis Jacobson

December 4, 2013

"44% of homeless people are employed."

Chain email says major Pacific trade deal could be taken up in Senate without committee review or debate

By Louis Jacobson

November 29, 2013

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership "is fast-tracked through the Senate, it won't receive a committee assignment" and the consideration will include "no debate."

Harry Reid says 82 presidential nominees have been blocked under President Barack Obama, 86 blocked under all other presidents

By Louis Jacobson

November 22, 2013

"In the history of the United States, 168 presidential nominees have been filibustered, 82 blocked under President Obama, 86 blocked under all the other presidents."

N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory says most Democrats in his state “agree” with voter ID, election law

By Louis Jacobson

November 22, 2013

"If you survey, most (North Carolina) Democrats also agree with our (election) laws and voter ID."

Alison Lundergan Grimes says Mitch McConnell ‘blocked the Senate over 400 times’

By Louis Jacobson

November 20, 2013

Says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has "blocked the Senate over 400 times."

Rep. Jim McDermott says a minimum wage job doesn’t get you half way to poverty line

By Louis Jacobson

November 15, 2013

"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."

Ted Cruz says U.S. has averaged 0.9 percent growth over past four years

By Louis Jacobson

November 13, 2013

"In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."

Website claims Obama administration hands out pamphlet to help counter veterans shooting up classrooms

By Louis Jacobson

November 12, 2013

Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"

Barack Obama says that what he’d said was you could keep your plan ‘if it hasn’t changed since the law passed’

By Louis Jacobson

November 6, 2013

"What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed."

Rep. Mike Rogers says U.S. shuttering of intelligence operation in 1929 led to World War II

By Louis Jacobson

November 4, 2013

In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led…

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Rob Portman says ‘about 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage’

Barack Obama says minimum wage is lower now than under Harry Truman

Facebook post says 44 percent of homeless people are employed

Chain email says major Pacific trade deal could be taken up in Senate without committee review or debate

Harry Reid says 82 presidential nominees have been blocked under President Barack Obama, 86 blocked under all other presidents

N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory says most Democrats in his state “agree” with voter ID, election law

Alison Lundergan Grimes says Mitch McConnell ‘blocked the Senate over 400 times’

Rep. Jim McDermott says a minimum wage job doesn’t get you half way to poverty line

Ted Cruz says U.S. has averaged 0.9 percent growth over past four years

Website claims Obama administration hands out pamphlet to help counter veterans shooting up classrooms

Barack Obama says that what he’d said was you could keep your plan ‘if it hasn’t changed since the law passed’

Rep. Mike Rogers says U.S. shuttering of intelligence operation in 1929 led to World War II