Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Obama: U.S. has put more people ‘back to work’ than all other advanced economies combined

By Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson

November 18, 2014

"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."

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Nancy Pelosi says she doesn’t know who Jonathan Gruber is

By Louis Jacobson

November 13, 2014

"I don't know who (Jonathan Gruber) is."

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Congress has 11% approval ratings but 96% incumbent reelection rate, meme says

By Louis Jacobson

November 11, 2014

Congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.

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Jeb Bush says one-third of students drop out and can’t go on to college or a career

By Louis Jacobson

November 6, 2014

"1/3 of our kids drop out (of high school), cannot go to college or start a career."

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Herman Cain says more losing insurance through Obamacare than gaining it

By Louis Jacobson

November 4, 2014

"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."

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Ad in Colorado Senate race suggests Cory Gardner would ban condoms

By Louis Jacobson

October 30, 2014

"If Cory Gardner gets his way, you'd better stock up on condoms."

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Critics say Elizabeth Warren ‘lives in a $5.4 million mansion’

By Louis Jacobson

October 29, 2014

Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."

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Viral meme says 1956 Republican platform was pretty liberal

By Nai Issa , Louis Jacobson

October 28, 2014

Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.

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Alaska’s Don Young says suicide is linked to federal government largesse

By Louis Jacobson

October 27, 2014

Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."

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In debate, Scott Brown says Jeanne Shaheen ‘voted to pave the way’ for a carbon tax

By Louis Jacobson

October 24, 2014

Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax."

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NRCC ad says Carol Shea-Porter is a partisan Democrat, Frank Guinta is “independent”

By Louis Jacobson

October 24, 2014

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter "votes with Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats 95 percent of the time," but Frank Guinta "will take on both parties" and has "independent New…

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Rep. Tim Murphy says air ban on Israel offers precedent for Ebola travel policy

By Louis Jacobson

October 21, 2014

Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past."

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