Latest Fact-Checks In Cap and Trade

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Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on September 20, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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