Latest Fact Checks By Lyle Muller

Ernst newsletter skips part of report on IRS audits

By Lyle Muller

August 31, 2022

“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even…

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Differences exist in how to spend it, but state budget surplus has cash

By Lyle Muller

August 29, 2022

“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.

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Fact-checking Rep. Miller-Meeks claims that Democratic bill would allow abortion up until birth

By Lyle Muller

August 1, 2022

The Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 “would permit abortion up until delivery.”

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Blaming one legislator for accident ignores a lot

By Lyle Muller

June 18, 2022

“Zach Nunn took money from Adventureland’s CEO, then sponsored legislation to loosen amusement park safety rules. A child died. Zach Nunn put his big donor…

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Iowa’s jobs numbers for now but will be recalculated

By Lyle Muller

June 9, 2022

“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”

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Private rescue total in campaign ad overshoots on number of Americans

By Lyle Muller

May 27, 2022

“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”

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Chuck Grassley left the Senate Finance Committee? That’s wrong

By Lyle Muller

May 9, 2022

“Senator Grassley hopped off the Finance Committee, where he could be helpful to Iowa and the nation, in favor of the Judiciary Committee"

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Numbers back Joni Ernst claim of record Iowa voter turnout

By Lyle Muller

January 26, 2022

In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of…

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Context needed for Grassley comment about Medicare vote

By Lyle Muller

December 17, 2021

Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill.

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Iowa group corrects statement on Charles Grassley’s infrastructure vote

By Lyle Muller

November 18, 2021

"Only one member of Iowa’s federal delegation" voted in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation.

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Biden Administration predicted liquid fuel for cars to outlast 2050

By Lyle Muller

October 28, 2021

The Biden administration "published a study concluding 4 (of) 5 new cars on the road by 2050 will still require liquid fuels."

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Inflation costs to consumers are real, with an explanation

By Lyle Muller

October 21, 2021

"Welcome 2 Pres Biden’s America where inflation is costing households an extra $175 a month.”

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