Fact Check Posts – Page 2094

Glenn Beck, on anchor babies, claims U.S. is only country with automatic citizenship upon birth

June 19, 2009

"Why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? We're the only country in the world that has it."

More than 500 Guantanamo detainees were released or transferred under Bush

By Bill Adair

June 18, 2009

"Some 500 detainees were released from Guantanamo during the Bush administration."

62 percent support new health care legislation, not Barack Obama’s particular plan

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 16, 2009

"A new poll shows 62 percent support the president's plan to reform health care. That means ... letting you choose between keeping the private insurance…

Sen. Bill Nelson says offshore drilling won’t pay for Florida schools

June 15, 2009

Oil money from federal leases "can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling."

Jose is No. 1 baby name in Texas — Social Security Administration says so

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 15, 2009

In Texas, "the No. 1 name for new male babies — many of whom will vote one day — is Jose."

McCain says Obama has more czars than the Romanovs

June 12, 2009

"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."

Rove’s op-ed distorts health study

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 12, 2009

Under a public health care option, 120 million Americans will "lose what they now get from private companies and be forced onto the government-run rolls…

Sarah Palin says she vetoed stimulus money for energy efficiency because it required tougher building codes

June 11, 2009

Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required "universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn't going to work up…

Pence claims that Obama said energy costs will skyrocket with a cap-and-trade plan

By Catharine Richert

June 11, 2009

Contends that President Obama "literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, 'necessarily skyrocket.'"

Medical bankruptcy study not so clear-cut

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 11, 2009

Sixty-two percent of all personal bankruptcies are "caused by medical problems."

Obama says government has so far turned a profit on money used to stabilize banks

June 10, 2009

"In the first round of repayments" from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit."

Stimulus bill won’t change status of Sunday school

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 8, 2009

Inside the stimulus package "is anti-Christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on Sundays, as well as Boy Scouts and…

Latest Fact Checks

Glenn Beck, on anchor babies, claims U.S. is only country with automatic citizenship upon birth

More than 500 Guantanamo detainees were released or transferred under Bush

62 percent support new health care legislation, not Barack Obama’s particular plan

Sen. Bill Nelson says offshore drilling won’t pay for Florida schools

Jose is No. 1 baby name in Texas — Social Security Administration says so

McCain says Obama has more czars than the Romanovs

Rove’s op-ed distorts health study

Sarah Palin says she vetoed stimulus money for energy efficiency because it required tougher building codes

Pence claims that Obama said energy costs will skyrocket with a cap-and-trade plan

Medical bankruptcy study not so clear-cut

Obama says government has so far turned a profit on money used to stabilize banks

Stimulus bill won’t change status of Sunday school