Latest Fact-Checks In Cap and Trade

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Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate:
"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "
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By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 in a debate in Tampa, Fla.:
"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."
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January 24, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 11, 2011 in a Twitter post:
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 23, 2011
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on September 20, 2010 in a TV ad:
Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill
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By Wes Hester • October 28, 2010
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on September 2, 2010 in a television commercial:
Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on May 26, 2010 in a TV ad:
The American Power Act "would cut our dependence on oil in half."
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June 3, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 in her book "Going Rogue":
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on July 17, 2009 in the House Republicans' Web site:
"The government is going to tell Americans they need to replace functioning stoves in their homes with 'government-certified' stoves and use taxpayer dollars to do so."
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By Catharine Richert • July 22, 2009