Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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George Will pegs Sen. Bennett’s loss to votes on TARP, stimulus, health care

May 12, 2010

Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, cast votes for TARP, the stimulus, and an individual mandate for health care.

Will says Greece’s economy is same size as Dallas-Fort Worth’s

May 12, 2010

Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."

Lieberman says president can approve killing a U.S. citizen who affiliates with terrorists

May 11, 2010

The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."

Giuliani says U.S. only questioned underwear bomber for 30 minutes before reading Miranda rights

May 10, 2010

Says federal law enforcement officers cut off questioning of the Christmas Day underwear bomber by giving him a Miranda warning after 30 minutes of questioning.

Issa says oil royalties trail only taxes in generating revenue for the federal government

May 6, 2010

Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS."

Under Arizona immigration law, overgrown lawns, barking dogs could trigger questioning, lawmaker says

May 4, 2010

Under the Arizona immigration law, police are required to check immigration status if someone's "lawn is overgrown" or if a dog is "barking too loudly."

Arizona immigration law rewrite ‘lays to rest’ worries about racial profiling, Brewer says

May 4, 2010

Late changes to the Arizona immigration law "lay to rest questions over the possibility of racial profiling."

No congressional pay cuts since the Great Depression, Democratic lawmaker says

April 30, 2010

Members of Congress "have not reduced their salaries ... since the Great Depression," meaning they've gone "eight decades without a pay cut."

Arizona immigration law allows police to question ‘anyone’ who’s ‘reasonably suspicious’ of being illegal

April 28, 2010

The new Arizona immigration law "says that any police officer can stop anyone who appears to them to be reasonably suspicious of being an undocumented…

Arizona immigration law requires police to see a crime before checking legal status, GOP state senator says

April 28, 2010

Under the new Arizona immigration law, police can't stop someone to check their immigration status unless they think they see something illegal.

O’Reilly says no one on Fox raised issue of jail time for not paying health coverage penalties

April 27, 2010

"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever…

Sherrod Brown says financial bill will end ‘too-big-to-fail’

April 26, 2010

The financial services bill will end "too-big-to-fail."

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