Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

John Boehner says 200,000 new federal jobs have sprouted since start of Obama’s term

By Louis Jacobson

February 15, 2011

"Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs."

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Barack Obama says White House budget would not add to the debt within a few years

By Louis Jacobson

February 15, 2011

Under the White House’s budget proposal, "we will not be adding more to the national debt" by the middle of the decade.

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Doonesbury strip says 270,000 Americans have been killed by guns since 9/11

By Louis Jacobson

February 14, 2011

Since Sept. 11, 2001, "270,000 Americans were killed by gunfire at home."

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Mitt Romney tells CPAC that Canada created more jobs in January than the U.S. did

By Louis Jacobson

February 11, 2011

"In the month of January, Canada created more new jobs than we did."

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Mitt Romney tells CPAC that more are out of work in U.S. than employed in Canada

By Louis Jacobson

February 11, 2011

"Today there are more men and women out of work in America than there are people working in Canada."

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Joe Biden says that closing Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor would force I-95 to expand by seven lanes

By Louis Jacobson

February 11, 2011

"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."

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Rachel Maddow says Fox News ‘said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama’

By Louis Jacobson

February 9, 2011

Fox News "said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama."

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Chain e-mail claims that Foreign Trade Zones are a Chinese communist plot

By Louis Jacobson

February 9, 2011

Foreign Trade Zones allow U.S. "land to be inhabited by Chinese communists -- communists straight from China! They are to set up little towns and…

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Bill O’Reilly tells Obama he also asked Bush about people hating him

By Louis Jacobson

February 8, 2011

Tells President Barack Obama that he also asked former President George W. Bush about how he felt about Americans hating him.

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Americans Against Food Taxes’ ad during Super Bowl raises specter of soda, snack taxes

By Louis Jacobson

February 7, 2011

"Some politicians … want to put new taxes on a lot of groceries."

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Nevada will be “energy independent within the immediate future”

By Louis Jacobson

February 3, 2011

Nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."

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Rep. Blake Farenthold says health care law will force 70 percent of workers to lose their current plan

By Louis Jacobson

February 2, 2011

"Despite claims that you can 'keep the health care plan you like,' the Obama Administration has predicted that as many as 7 out of 10…

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