Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

Clear
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview:
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Nickie Antonio
Nickie Antonio
stated on January 24, 2012 a news conference:
"Statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • February 10, 2012
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
stated on January 18, 2012 a letter:
In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
Half-True
By Janie Har • February 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.
True
By Molly Moorhead • January 25, 2012
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on January 10, 2012 a news release:
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 24, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on December 16, 2011 appearance on Fox Business Channel’s “Varney & Co.”:
New energy standards will take away "our freedom of choice and selection in the light bulbs we have in our homes."
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 13, 2012
Einer Elhauge
Einer Elhauge
stated on January 5, 2012 a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine:
"In 1790, the first Congress, which was packed with framers, required all ship owners to provide medical insurance for seamen; in 1798, Congress also required seamen to buy hospital insurance for themselves. In 1792, Congress enacted a law mandating that all able-bodied citizens obtain a firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 3, 2012 a meeting:
"Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 12, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 8, 2012 a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:
Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • January 8, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 8, 2012 an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:
The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • January 8, 2012
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on January 5, 2012 a news release:
Says area near proposed northern Wisconsin iron ore mine is "15 hours away" from where public hearing on mining was held.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 8, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 a congressional hearing:
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 13, 2011 a news release:
Says Rep. Betty Sutton supports allowing "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 2, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on December 4, 2011 an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
"Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 27, 2011
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum:
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Theresa Price
Theresa Price
stated on December 10, 2011 a speech during a rally on homelessness:
"Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 20, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 7, 2011 a Senate banking subcommittee hearing:
Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the first time in Senate history "that a political party has blocked a nomination of someone because they didn't like the construction of the agency."
True
By Stephen Koff • December 12, 2011
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
stated on November 7, 2011 a television commercial:
An independent payment advisory board created by in the health care reform law is "like a Medicare IRS with the power to cut Medicare in order to pay for new government programs."
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • November 25, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington:
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
True
By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 remarks at the Cornerstone Action Dinner in Manchester, N.H.:
Under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough."
False
By Jake Berry • November 15, 2011
Previous Next