Latest Fact Checks

Public Citizen gets it right about insider trading rules

By Catharine Richert

August 6, 2009

A loophole "still exists which allows members of Congress and high-powered executive branch appointees to exploit 'insider' knowledge of the financial industry in order to…

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Obama flubs number of Indiana households getting tax break during speech

By Louis Jacobson

August 5, 2009

Stimulus tax cuts "began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago."

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Donna Brazile says Bush spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts, trillions each on war and drugs for seniors

By Louis Jacobson

August 5, 2009

Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. "spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy" and "trillions" each on a war and on Medicare…

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Michelle Malkin says former Clinton official says extending unemployment benefits is counterproductive

By Louis Jacobson

August 4, 2009

A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even…

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CNN’s King doesn’t provide full count for Obama Twitter followers

By Bill Adair

August 4, 2009

"The John McCain Twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. The official White House Twitter account has only about 830,000."

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On Glenn Beck’s Fox News program, Guilfoyle claims government’s Cash for Clunkers Web site would give government complete access to your home computer

August 3, 2009

If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and…

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Lungren says Obama would have government require a centenarian to get a pill, not a pacemaker

By Louis Jacobson

August 3, 2009

President Barack Obama suggested on national TV that the Democratic health care bill "will have government decide" that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of…

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Carnahan misquotes CBO about cost of health care reform plan

By Catharine Richert

August 3, 2009

"The Congressional Budget Office most recently came out and analyzed the current (health care) plan and said that it was not only deficit-neutral, but also…

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Pascrell says 53 percent of Americans cut back on health care due to costs

By Louis Jacobson

July 30, 2009

"53 percent of Americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs."

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Pascrell says 45 percent of Americans went without needed health care due to cost

By Louis Jacobson

July 30, 2009

Forty-five percent of Americans went without needed care because of costs in 2007.

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No free health care for illegal immigrants in the health bill

By Angie Drobnic Holan

July 30, 2009

"All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free health care services."

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Health care exchange is government’s way of regulating insurers

By Angie Drobnic Holan

July 30, 2009

"All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange."

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