Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz compares GOP-backed voting bills to Jim Crow

June 9, 2011

By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim…

Rep. Elijah Cummings says new financial protection bureau will have budget equal to just 1 percent of industry’s fees

June 8, 2011

The budget for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "is only about 1 percent of the amount banks generate just from late fees and overdraft fees."

Chain e-mail accuses Barack Obama of hypocrisy in raid on Osama bin Laden

June 7, 2011

Accuses President Barack Obama of making contradictory claims about efforts to kill Osama bin Laden in 2008 and 2011.

Austan Goolsbee says current recovery beats job creation record of George W. Bush recovery

June 6, 2011

"Over the last 15 months, we've added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector. That's far in excess of what it was in…

Austan Goolsbee says manufacturing jobs growing fastest in almost 15 years

June 6, 2011

"Manufacturing is having its best employment year in almost 15 years."

Mitt Romney says Barack Obama “traveled around the globe to apologize for America.”

June 3, 2011

"A few months into office, (President Barack Obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for America."

Mitt Romney says U.S. is “only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy.”

June 2, 2011

"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy."

Steny Hoyer says George W. Bush inherited $5.6 trillion surplus from Bill Clinton

June 2, 2011

"We went from a $5.6 trillion surplus that George Bush inherited to over ... $11-plus trillion debt when George Bush left office."

Sarah Palin says Obama has accumulated more debt than previous 43 presidents combined

June 1, 2011

"Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Ryan Medicare plan would allow insurers to use pre-existing conditions as barrier to coverage

June 1, 2011

The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions."

Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore says U.S. taxes were lower than rivals’ in 1980s but are higher now

May 31, 2011

"In the late 1980s, the U.S. was nearly the lowest-taxed nation in the world, and a quarter century later we're nearly the highest."

Barbara Boxer says Medicare overhead is far lower than private insurers’ overhead

May 30, 2011

"There's a 1.5 percent to 2 percent overhead in Medicare. The insurance companies have a 20 percent to 30 percent overhead."

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