Latest Fact-Checks By Steve Contorno

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Karl Rove says media coverage of Benghazi pales to coverage of Chris Christie bridge scandal

January 12, 2014

"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."  

Mitt Romney: Obamacare tells people ‘precisely what type of coverage they have to have’

January 5, 2014

The federal health care law tells "the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have."

Head of a liberal think tank says 4 in 10 Americans live in states where gay marriage or civil unions are allowed

January 5, 2014

"Forty percent of the country is going to be in states that are tolerant of gay marriage or at least civil unions."

Rep. Paul Ryan said bipartisan budget deal is the first in divided government since 1986

December 19, 2013

The Murray-Ryan deal "is the first divided-government budget agreement since 1986."

Gun supporter says few prosecutions show that background checks don’t work

December 15, 2013

A gun "background check is futile. Something like 42 (people during the) last year … were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a…

Will the Affordable Care Act close down volunteer fire departments?

December 13, 2013

"Obamacare could force thousands of volunteer fire stations to cut service or close entirely!"

Corker said Congress dragged Obama “kicking and screaming” to put sanctions on Iran

December 3, 2013

"The administration was kicking and screaming all the way with these sanctions being put in place (on Iran)."

Republicans have proposed many solutions to control health care costs and improve quality, Ron Johnson says

November 26, 2013

"Republicans have proposed dozens of (health care) solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality."

Sarah Palin says fewer people will be covered by ‘sensible’ doctor-patient relationship

November 24, 2013

The Affordable Care Act alters the "sensible doctor-patient-relationship-centered health care program ... we see today."

Wasserman Schultz tweets 500K signed up for Obamacare

November 20, 2013

"500,000 people have signed up for #Obamacare."

Schakowsky said based on GDP per capita, the United States ‘has never been richer’

November 18, 2013

The United States "has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP."

Did Medicare Part D have the same rollout problems as the Obamacare online marketplaces?

November 13, 2013

"Things went wrong with the Medicare prescription D plan that George Bush rolled out."

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