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O’Reilly claims poll shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation

February 10, 2010
"A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country."
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Stewart claims that the stimulus bill is one-third tax cuts

February 10, 2010
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
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Pelosi touts Democrats’ revival of ‘pay-as-you-go’ budget rules

February 10, 2010
The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
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Rick Perry says Sen. Hutchison took 154 private plane trips funded by U.S. taxpayers when commercial flights were available

February 10, 2010
Says Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "took 154 private flights all funded by taxpayers" though "commercial flights were readily available at a fraction of the cost."
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Palin claims Biden held a transparency board meeting behind closed doors

February 9, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."
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Farouk Shami says Houston No. 3 in toxicity in the nation

February 9, 2010
Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."
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Palin claims a state paid $1 million to advertise that they were spending stimulus money

February 9, 2010
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
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Palin says Obama voted “present” in U.S. Senate “quite often”

February 8, 2010
"Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' "
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Medina says executive spending went up 13.5% in quarter

February 8, 2010
"The governor’s not taking his own fiscal advice. ... In the first fiscal quarter of this year, we’ve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending,…
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Florida Democrat says state last among Southeast states in average class size

February 6, 2010
"Florida still averages more students in its classrooms than any other state in the Southeast."
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Perry says the HPV vaccine he mandated would have been optional

February 6, 2010
Says his executive order requiring young girls to be vaccinated against HPV wasn't mandatory.
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Gregg claims that TARP money must be used to pay down the deficit

February 5, 2010
"The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of…
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