Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Curbelo on TV

Does the House tax bill make more changes permanent than Senate bill does?

December 14, 2017

The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.

Pelosi Dec. 2017

Have wages failed to go up on Donald Trump’s watch?

December 12, 2017

"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working…

Trump in Pensacola

Donald Trump wrong that black homeownership rate is at a record high

December 11, 2017

"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."

Gregg Jarrett

Has the FBI ‘become America’s secret police,’ like the KGB?

December 8, 2017

"The FBI has become America's secret police …  like the old KGB."

Trump cabinet still

Donald Trump says job market is getting non-workers working. Is it?

December 7, 2017

"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."

Jerusalem still

Is Donald Trump correct about the history of the Jerusalem Embassy Act?

December 6, 2017

The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."

Trump in MO for final tax reform push

Will the GOP tax bill cost Donald Trump ‘a fortune’? No

November 30, 2017

Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."

GWB signs tax bill in 2001 with Congress leaders

Donald Trump wrong that no tax cuts passed since Reagan

November 30, 2017

"For years, they have not been able to get tax cuts -- many, many years, since Reagan."

Brady on Bartiromo

Does 70 percent of tax bill’s relief go to those making less than $200,000?

November 30, 2017

In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."

Tim Scott on This Week

If you pay no taxes, will you end up with more money under GOP tax plan?

November 29, 2017

"If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan.

Doggett TV interview

How much does the Trump family have to gain from GOP tax bills?

November 27, 2017

Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."

John Larson at w and m markup

Did House committee bar Democratic witnesses on GOP tax bill?

November 22, 2017

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee weren’t "even entitled to bring an expert witness on any aspect of the tax code that affects…

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