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McCain says presidential helicopters now more costly than Air Force One

By Bill Adair
February 27, 2009
A new presidential helicopter "is now going to cost as much as Air Force One."
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For the feds, yes, this is big school spending

By Alexander Lane
February 27, 2009
"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."
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Sanford incorrectly describes Rivlin comment on stimulus bill

By Bill Adair
February 25, 2009
Says former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin said the stimulus bill "won't actually stimulate the economy."
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McCain says Omnibus bill packed with earmarks and pork

By Bill Adair
February 25, 2009
The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."
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Jindal says unemployment measures in stimulus will cost the state money

By Angie Drobnic Holan
February 24, 2009
Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."
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Sanford distorts impact of stimulus bill

By Bill Adair
February 23, 2009
"The Congressional Budget Office has found that (the stimulus) bill will lead to a real 0.1 to 0.3 percent reduction in gross domestic product by…
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Congresswoman’s portrait of a toothless FDA is correct

By Alexander Lane
February 19, 2009
"When the salmonella source was finally identified, FDA officials had to wait for industry approval before they could go live with the [peanut] recall."
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Al Gore is optimistic about solar energy, and pretty accurate, too

By Alexander Lane
February 18, 2009
If we got solar energy from "an area of the Southwestern desert 100 miles on a side, that would be enough, in and of itself,…
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No money in the stimulus for San Francisco mice

By Angie Drobnic Holan
February 13, 2009
The stimulus has "$30 million in there to protect mice in San Francisco."
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DeMint says stimulus plan would bar students from having prayer meetings in dorms

February 13, 2009
There is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that "students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired…
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Bloggers post bogus claim about Obama and military oath

By Bill Adair
February 11, 2009
"The Obama Administration wants to have soldiers and officers pledge a loyalty oath directly to the office of the President, and no longer to the…
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Bogus e-mail is wrong about Pelosi and ‘windfall profits’ from stocks

By Alexander Lane
February 11, 2009
"Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income."
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