Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Newsmax courts readers with statistic about federal waste in airline tickets

By Louis Jacobson

January 18, 2011

"The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers $146 million annually."

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Frank Lautenberg says U.S. has 9,500 gun murders a year, compared to 200 or less in other nations

By Louis Jacobson

January 13, 2011

"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world,…

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“This Week” report says hundreds have died in multiple-victim shootings

By Louis Jacobson

January 11, 2011

"Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where…

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Steny Hoyer says GOP didn’t consult with Democrats on new House rules package

By Louis Jacobson

January 7, 2011

In preparing a rules package for the 112th Congress, the GOP had no discussions with Democrats.

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Kevin McCarthy says 111th Congress spent more in two years than the first 100 congresses combined

By Louis Jacobson

January 5, 2011

"The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined."

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Pat Toomey says U.S. has highest corporate tax rates in the world

By Louis Jacobson

January 3, 2011

"We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now."

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Tim Pawlenty repeats questionable statistic on growth of federal workforce

By Louis Jacobson

December 16, 2010

"Since January 2008 the private sector has lost nearly 8 million jobs while local, state and federal governments added 590,000."

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Barack Obama compares legal battle over health care to 1930s fight over Social Security

By Louis Jacobson

December 15, 2010

"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care…

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Tom Coburn says one of every 19 Americans gets SSDI or SSI payments

By Louis Jacobson

December 14, 2010

"One in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled."

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Matthew Dowd says economy has “only worsened” under Obama

By Louis Jacobson

December 13, 2010

"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."

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Bernie Sanders says ExxonMobil paid no taxes in 2009, but that’s inaccurate

By Louis Jacobson

December 10, 2010

"Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS."

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Bernie Sanders, in viral speech, says top 1 percent earn more than 23 percent of U.S. income

By Louis Jacobson

December 10, 2010

In 2007, "the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," which is "more than the…

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