Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

Obama: ‘We’re spending millions for each individual’ held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

By Lauren Carroll

December 21, 2014

"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Marco Rubio says Castros, not embargo, reason Cubans don’t have Internet

By Lauren Carroll , Steve Contorno

December 19, 2014

"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is…

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Cromnibus includes taxpayer funding for group that bankrolled Turkey luxury hotel, Heritage CEO says

By Lauren Carroll

December 15, 2014

The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in…

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The uninsured vote at low rates, says Charles Schumer

By Lauren Carroll

December 4, 2014

In 2010, uninsured voters made up "about 5 percent of the electorate."

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Giuliani: Black and white people who commit murder are convicted at the same rate

By Lauren Carroll

November 26, 2014

"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.

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Rick Santorum: Foreign-born residents living in United States at historic high

By Lauren Carroll

November 23, 2014

"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."

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Obama says Keystone XL is for exporting oil outside the U.S., experts disagree

By Lauren Carroll

November 20, 2014

Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."

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Obama: U.S. has put more people ‘back to work’ than all other advanced economies combined

By Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson

November 18, 2014

"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."

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Chris Wallace: Harry Reid ‘blocked any vote’ on Keystone XL pipeline for years

By Lauren Carroll

November 16, 2014

"The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years."

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Ted Cruz: Net neutrality regulations put government in charge of Internet prices, services

By Lauren Carroll

November 13, 2014

Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be…

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Obama: Since 2009, U.S. has created more jobs than ‘every other advanced economy combined’

By Lauren Carroll

November 9, 2014

"We've created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office."

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Does raising the minimum wage always result in job growth?

By Lauren Carroll

November 6, 2014

"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."

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