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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
stated on November 12, 2009 in the 'Rachel Maddow Show':
A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2009
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on November 17, 2009 in MSNBC's 'Morning Meeting With Dylan Ratigan':
In the House health care bill, "Something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, Going Rogue:
"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 12, 2009 in her show on MSNBC:
"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal subsidy of any kind, you're not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2009
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on November 9, 2009 in Sean Hannity's show on Fox News:
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 10, 2009 in his radio show:
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on November 9, 2009 in an alert to members:
"President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2009
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
stated on November 7, 2009 in a speech on the House floor:
An amendment to the House health reform bill "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when they would pay premiums with their own money."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2009
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on October 27, 2009 in a speech on the House floor:
Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on November 1, 2009 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
There is majority support for the Democrats' health care plans.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
Concerned Women for America
Concerned Women for America
stated on October 28, 2009 in the group's Web site:
The Democrats' health care bill "gives a new Health Choices Commissioner the right to look at an individual's tax return to determine what medical benefits or subsidies that person qualifies for."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2009
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 23, 2009 in a comment on the O'Reilly Factor:
When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was "one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2009
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 23, 2009 in a posting on many blogs.:
Barack Obama wrote a thesis at Columbia University in which he criticized "plutocratic thugs" and said the Constitution gave Americans "the shackles of hypocrisy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2009
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on October 21, 2009 in a speech to the Center for Security Policy:
The Obama administration notified Poland and the Czech Republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities "at the last minute in midnight phone calls."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2009
Senior Citizens League
Senior Citizens League
stated on October 1, 2009 in a letter to members:
A "massive" federal computer network will make your medical records available to "millions of people" with a "complete lack of privacy and confidentiality," while doctors and hospitals who don't take part face "stiff penalties."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2009
Christopher Monckton
Christopher Monckton
stated on October 14, 2009 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn.:
If President Obama signs the Copenhagen climate change treaty, he "will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your prosperity away forever — and neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect would have any power whatsoever to take it back again."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2009
Gun Owners of America
Gun Owners of America
stated on October 9, 2009 in an alert to members:
The Baucus health care bill "could be used to ban guns in home self-defense."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2009
America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on October 15, 2009 in a televison advertisement:
Seniors with coverage under Medicare Advantage will give up "more than their share" because of health care reform
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on October 12, 2009 in a statement on his Fox News Channel program:
Forty-five percent of doctors "say they'll quit" if health care reform passes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on October 12, 2009 in a television advertisement:
"Baseball and insurance are the only industries exempt from antitrust laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2009
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