Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Boehner says federal debt will equal GDP in two years

By Louis Jacobson

March 26, 2010

"Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."

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Hatch says that families earning more than $80,000 could get health care subsidies

By Louis Jacobson

March 24, 2010

The health care bill will subsidize families of four that make more than $80,000 a year.

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Schieffer’s timely reminder on Iraq war has one problem

By Louis Jacobson

March 23, 2010

The Iraq war has been "our longest war."

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Tiahrt: Health care bill will collect 10 years of taxes for six years of services

By Louis Jacobson

March 19, 2010

The Democratic health care bill will "collect higher taxes for 10 years and provide health care for only six years."

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Yarmuth: 40 percent of health care reform opponents say bill doesn’t go far enough

By Louis Jacobson

March 19, 2010

A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, "almost 40 percent" opposed it not because it goes too…

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Axelrod says Supreme Court ruling enables lobbyists to threaten lawmakers

By Louis Jacobson

March 17, 2010

"Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, any lobbyist could go into any legislator and say, if you don't vote our way on this bill,…

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Foxx blames recession on Democratic Congressional takeover

By Louis Jacobson

March 15, 2010

"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."

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Health insurers get a small percentage of overall health care spending

By Louis Jacobson

March 12, 2010

"Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."

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Feinstein says U.S. is only nation to rely heavily on for-profit insurers for basic health care

By Louis Jacobson

March 11, 2010

"We are the only industrialized nation that relies heavily on a for-profit medical insurance industry to provide basic health care."

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Will says that 95 percent of people with health insurance are satisfied with it

By Louis Jacobson

March 10, 2010

"When we started this health care debate a year ago, 85 percent of the American people had health insurance, and 95 percent of the 85…

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Milbank says Bush was ‘least popular president in modern history’

By Louis Jacobson

March 9, 2010

George W. Bush was "the least popular president in modern history."

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Bachmann says Democratic health care bill won’t lower costs for average Americans

By Louis Jacobson

March 5, 2010

"President Obama's bill won't bring down the costs (of health care) for average Americans -- or really for very few Americans, if any."

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