Fact Check Posts – Page 155

Tim Pawlenty writes that NTSB ruled Minneapolis bridge collapse stemmed from 1960s-era flaws

By Louis Jacobson

March 30, 2011

"Ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation," the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 "because of an original design flaw dating…

Barack Obama says regime change in Iraq took eight years

By Louis Jacobson

March 29, 2011

"Regime change (in Iraq) took eight years"

Karl Rove says that “American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation”

By Louis Jacobson

March 29, 2011

"American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation."

Newt Gingrich accused of flip-flopping on Libyan no-fly zone

By Louis Jacobson

March 24, 2011

On whether the United States should intervene in Libya.

Is Barack Obama’s Libya intervention a flip-flop from what he said in 2007?

By Louis Jacobson

March 23, 2011

On the president unilaterally authorizing a military attack "that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."

Ted Poe decries U.S. aid to Venezuela, Cuba

By Louis Jacobson

March 23, 2011

The U.S. gives foreign aid to Cuba and Venezuela, even though those countries are our enemies.

Robin Wright says coalition against Gadhafi is widest by Arab nations since 1991

By Louis Jacobson

March 22, 2011

The coalition of Arab states against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.

Paul Ryan says CBO model of economy self-destructs due to rising deficits in 2037

By Louis Jacobson

March 21, 2011

"The Congressional Budget Office has this economic model where they measure the economy going forward, and they are now telling us that the entire economy…

Bill Kristol says 20 percent of U.S. electricity comes from nuclear power

By Louis Jacobson

March 16, 2011

"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the…

Barack Obama says Gulf oil production hit record level in 2010

By Louis Jacobson

March 15, 2011

"Oil production from federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico reached an all-time high" in 2010.

Barack Obama says U.S. oil production last year was highest since 2003

By Louis Jacobson

March 15, 2011

"Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003."

Fred Upton says pending bill to block EPA curbs of greenhouse gases will ‘stop rising gas prices’

By Louis Jacobson

March 14, 2011

A bill that would halt the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases would help "stop rising gas prices."

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Tim Pawlenty writes that NTSB ruled Minneapolis bridge collapse stemmed from 1960s-era flaws

Barack Obama says regime change in Iraq took eight years

Karl Rove says that “American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation”

Newt Gingrich accused of flip-flopping on Libyan no-fly zone

Is Barack Obama’s Libya intervention a flip-flop from what he said in 2007?

Ted Poe decries U.S. aid to Venezuela, Cuba

Robin Wright says coalition against Gadhafi is widest by Arab nations since 1991

Paul Ryan says CBO model of economy self-destructs due to rising deficits in 2037

Bill Kristol says 20 percent of U.S. electricity comes from nuclear power

Barack Obama says Gulf oil production hit record level in 2010

Barack Obama says U.S. oil production last year was highest since 2003

Fred Upton says pending bill to block EPA curbs of greenhouse gases will ‘stop rising gas prices’