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Latest Fact-Checks By Catharine Richert

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Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
stated on December 1, 2009 a Washington Post column
The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • December 9, 2009
John Murtha
John Murtha
stated on December 2, 2009 the show 'Hardball With Chris Matthews'
"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • December 4, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on December 1, 2009 a floor speech
The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 2, 2009
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
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 a chain e-mail
Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 23, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 19, 2009 the House GOP Web site
Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
False
By Catharine Richert • November 21, 2009
America's Natural Gas Alliance
America's Natural Gas Alliance
stated on November 18, 2009 a television ad
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 18, 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
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 13, 2009 an e-mail circulated to many people.
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on November 9, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 2, 2009 a comment on his television show
Guantanamo Bay detainees will get the H1N1 vaccine.
True
By Catharine Richert • November 11, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 2, 2009 a Webcast
"Mitt Romney ... gave you government health care that is now bankrupting the state" of Massachusetts.
False
By Catharine Richert • November 10, 2009
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on November 7, 2009 a statement on the House floor
Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • November 9, 2009
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 30, 2009 an interview on Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Channel.
Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."  
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 3, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on October 27, 2009 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • November 2, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 28, 2009 a chain e-mail
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 28, 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
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2009 a Fox News interview
"Usually it's about $900 a month to get health coverage. (Florida's program has) reduced that, on average, to about $150 a month."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 23, 2009
The Freedom Project
The Freedom Project
stated on October 19, 2009 a press release
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 — the single largest in American history."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • October 22, 2009
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