Fact Check Posts – Page 95

Barack Obama says U.S. economy is creating jobs at fastest pace since 1999

By Louis Jacobson

January 21, 2015

The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."

Barack Obama says unemployment rate now lower than before the financial crisis of 2008

By Louis Jacobson

January 21, 2015

"Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis."

Joni Ernst says ‘a strong majority of Americans’ back the Keystone XL pipeline

By Louis Jacobson

January 21, 2015

"A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline.

Barack Obama says U.S. auto industry has ‘created about 500,000 new jobs’ in past 5 years

By Louis Jacobson

January 20, 2015

Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."

Widely shared meme oversimplifies Joe Barton’s 2009 comment on wind energy, climate change

By Louis Jacobson

January 15, 2015

Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature…

Marco Rubio says college administrators have ‘more than doubled over the last 25 years’

By Louis Jacobson

January 12, 2015

Administrative employees at colleges and universities have "more than doubled over the last 25 years, outpacing the growth of students by more than 2 to 1."

Mitch McConnell says economic uptick coincides with expectation of GOP Senate takeover

By Louis Jacobson

January 8, 2015

A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."

Do all new Republican senators favor eliminating food stamps? No, it’s fake news, widely shared

By Louis Jacobson

January 6, 2015

"Newly Elected Republican Senators Sign Pledge to Eliminate Food Stamp Program in 2015."

What will happen to taxes on Jan. 1, 2015? Chain email gets tax rates all wrong

By Louis Jacobson

January 5, 2015

New tax increases that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, "all passed under the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare."

Marco Rubio says talks with Cuba produced no commitment to democratic reforms

By Louis Jacobson

December 18, 2014

In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance…

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says 80% of U.S. lawmakers have never traveled abroad

By Louis Jacobson

December 17, 2014

"Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States."

Do 73 percent of benefits from mortgage deduction go to those earning $250,000 a year?

By Louis Jacobson

December 17, 2014

The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars…

Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Barack Obama says U.S. economy is creating jobs at fastest pace since 1999

Barack Obama says unemployment rate now lower than before the financial crisis of 2008

Joni Ernst says ‘a strong majority of Americans’ back the Keystone XL pipeline

Barack Obama says U.S. auto industry has ‘created about 500,000 new jobs’ in past 5 years

Widely shared meme oversimplifies Joe Barton’s 2009 comment on wind energy, climate change

Marco Rubio says college administrators have ‘more than doubled over the last 25 years’

Mitch McConnell says economic uptick coincides with expectation of GOP Senate takeover

Do all new Republican senators favor eliminating food stamps? No, it’s fake news, widely shared

What will happen to taxes on Jan. 1, 2015? Chain email gets tax rates all wrong

Marco Rubio says talks with Cuba produced no commitment to democratic reforms

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says 80% of U.S. lawmakers have never traveled abroad

Do 73 percent of benefits from mortgage deduction go to those earning $250,000 a year?