Latest Fact Checks By Charles Pope

Bloggers claim Reps. Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are ‘card carrying’ Socialists

By Charles Pope , Tom Feran

September 6, 2011

Say Ohio Reps. Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

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Bloggers say two Texas Democrats among Socialists in U.S. House

By Charles Pope , W. Gardner Selby

September 5, 2011

Say Texas U.S. Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson and Sheila Jackson Lee are among open Socialists in Congress.

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Bloggers claim New Jersey Congressmen Donald Payne and Frank Pallone are socialists

By Charles Pope

September 1, 2011

Say New Jersey Reps. Donald Payne and Frank Pallone are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

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Bloggers claim Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are socialists

By Charles Pope

August 29, 2011

Say Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

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Jeff Merkley says letting the payroll tax holiday expire will cost jobs

By Charles Pope

August 19, 2011

Says allowing the payroll tax holiday to expire would end up "costing another estimated 900,000 jobs in 2012."

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Is Kurt Schrader at fault for maxing out government ‘credit card’?

By Charles Pope

June 22, 2011

"As the Democrats finally maxed out their government spending credit card Monday, Kurt Schrader continued to stand with his party leaders in failing to offer…

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Jeff Merkley says oil production costs are flat year over year

By Charles Pope

June 4, 2011

Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.

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David Wu highlights worries over Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal

By Charles Pope

May 6, 2011

House Republican plan would increase costs for Oregon seniors by $6,000 with health care vouchers instead of Medicare

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Jeff Merkley calls on Obama to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

By Charles Pope

March 12, 2011

Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would immediately lower gasoline prices

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Peter DeFazio says Oregonians pay extra to cover the uninsured

By Charles Pope

February 12, 2011

Oregon families pay an extra $1,400 a year on higher insurance premiums to cover those who do not have insurance.

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Sen. Ron Wyden says Americans spend more than 6 billion hours and $160 billion to comply with federal tax laws

By Charles Pope

February 5, 2011

Americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. It costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.

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Rep. Greg Walden says nearly half the incoming Republicans are newcomers to politics

By Charles Pope

January 17, 2011

"The incoming Republican freshman class – well, it’s no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before."

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