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Latest Fact-Checks In Cap and Trade

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Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill
Half-True
By Wes Hester • October 28, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on October 19, 2010 a WPRI/Providence Journal debate
Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on October 19, 2010 an ad
Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills.
True
October 26, 2010
Scott Bruun
Scott Bruun
stated on September 22, 2010 a candidate forum
On a cap-and-trade plan.
Full Flop
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 9, 2010
John Boccieri
John Boccieri
stated on August 18, 2010 an interview
"I don’t understand what Republicans are doing against this. It was their idea. John McCain introduced cap and trade legislation three times."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 13, 2010
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on September 2, 2010 a television commercial
Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on August 12, 2010 an issue statement posted to his website
Cap and trade legislation that Zack Space supported "would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Higgs • August 13, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 6, 2010 a television campaign ad
A bill to cap carbon emissions "could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on July 21, 2010 a statement posted to his website
"In the 18th Congressional District, 100% of electric generation comes from coal."
True
By Robert Higgs • July 24, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
June 8, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2010 a speech
"My opponent in November of 2008 sent a missive to the White House, to President Obama-elect, and said, 'Here's how you need to sell cap-and-trade to the American people.' "
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2010
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on May 26, 2010 a TV ad
The American Power Act "would cut our dependence on oil in half."
Half-True
June 3, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter
"Bill White ... supports the ‘ObamaCare’ socialized medicine plan, as well as ‘Cap and Trade’ legislation that would kill thousands of Texas jobs."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 24, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year."  
False
By Catharine Richert • November 27, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book "Going Rogue"
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book "Going Rogue"
Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to "skyrocket."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on October 22, 2009 CNN's Situation Room program
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 27, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on October 4, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post
The cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 5, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on September 30, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post
Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 30, 2009
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 24, 2009 a letter to the Minnesota delegation in Washington
On a cap-and-trade plan.
Full Flop
By Catharine Richert • September 24, 2009
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