Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

In follow-up to ‘Taliban Dan’ ad, Alan Grayson slams Daniel Webster over working mothers

By Aaron Sharockman , Louis Jacobson

October 6, 2010

Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."

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Alan Grayson tones down rhetoric, but not attacks in new ad targeting Dan Webster

By Aaron Sharockman , Louis Jacobson

October 6, 2010

"Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships."

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NRCC blasts Arkansas Democratic candidate Chad Causey for having been a “bureaucrat”

By Louis Jacobson

October 6, 2010

Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chad Causey "was a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat."

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Patriot Majority PAC conjures up Chilean dictator in attack on Sharron Angle

By Louis Jacobson

October 4, 2010

The Chilean "privatization scheme" that Sharron Angle supports "has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage."

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Crossroads GPS ad blasts Joe Sestak for vote to “gut Medicare”

By Louis Jacobson

September 28, 2010

Says Joe Sestak "voted to gut Medicare ... reducing benefits for 854,489 seniors" and jeopardizing "access to care for millions."

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David Axelrod says GOP “Pledge” would cut education by 20 percent, “slash” student aid for 8 million

By Louis Jacobson

September 27, 2010

The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this…

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Allen West says he has ‘clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain’

By Louis Jacobson

September 24, 2010

"If you look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because…

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Nancy Pelosi cites John Boehner in saying GOP plans return to old economic policies

By Louis Jacobson

September 24, 2010

Says John Boehner "admits 'we are not going to be any different than we’ve been' " by returning to "the same failed economic policies" that…

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“Mourning in America” ad echoing Reagan classic gets its numbers right

By Louis Jacobson

September 23, 2010

Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.

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Bill Clinton says his administration paid down the debt

By Louis Jacobson

September 23, 2010

"We paid down the debt for four years -- paid down $600 billion on the national debt."

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Barack Obama says taxes are lower today than under Reagan, Eisenhower

By Louis Jacobson

September 22, 2010

"Our tax rates are lower now than they were under Ronald Reagan. They're much lower than they were under Dwight Eisenhower."

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Michele Bachmann accuses Nancy Pelosi of spending $100,000 on alcohol for flights

By Louis Jacobson

September 21, 2010

"Speaker Pelosi ... has been busy sticking the taxpayer with her $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that she's flying."

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