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Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David DeCamp • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
Under John McCain's health care plan, people get a $5,000 tax credit to buy a $12,000 health care policy, and "that's a loss for you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
"The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
BornAliveTruth.org
BornAliveTruth.org
stated on September 15, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama opposed a bill that would have saved Gianna Jessen's life.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on August 11, 2008 a published piece on their Web site
Barack Obama voted against "born alive" legislation in Illinois that was "virtually identical to the federal law."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2008 a TV ad
John McCain accused Barack Obama "of letting infants die."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Barack Obama's health care proposal, "if you've got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
John McCain "is proposing tax cuts that would give the average Fortune 500 CEO an additional $700,000 in tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"Senator McCain has been talking tough about earmarks, and that's good, but earmarks account for about $18-billion of our budget."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Shawn Zeller • October 7, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 a debate in St. Louis, Mo.
"John McCain voted against funding the troops because of . . . a timeline in it to draw down American troops."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2008 in a television ad
John McCain's health care plan "leaves you on your own to pay McCain’s health insurance tax."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis
Barack Obama's health care plan is "to mandate health care coverage and have a universal government-run program."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 2, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis
John McCain said "he wouldn't even sit down with the government of Spain, a NATO ally that has troops in Afghanistan with us now."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 2, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 30, 2008 a TV ad
"Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • October 1, 2008
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