Latest Fact Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Campaign finance ruling on United Citizens is historical, but 100 years is a stretch

By Angie Drobnic Holan
January 22, 2010
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
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Obama said reporters didn’t ask questions on the issues, but they did

By Angie Drobnic Holan
December 7, 2009
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the…
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Polls on Afghanistan show a mixed picture

By Angie Drobnic Holan
December 4, 2009
"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."
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Obama says ‘extremists’ sent to U.S. from Afghanistan-Pakistan border area

By Angie Drobnic Holan
December 3, 2009
"In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan…
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Recovery.gov assigns statewide education jobs to one congressional district

By Angie Drobnic Holan
November 24, 2009
"Although Democrats represent only 10 of Florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds."
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Nonexistent congressional districts were on Recovery.gov. They’re gone now.

By Angie Drobnic Holan
November 24, 2009
Recovery.gov listed congressional districts that "do not exist."
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The public option was not discussed much during the campaign

By Angie Drobnic Holan
November 20, 2009
If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
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Recovery.gov shows jobs in Congressional districts that don’t exist

By Angie Drobnic Holan
November 19, 2009
52 jobs have been saved or created in Florida's 34th Congressional District.
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Democratic cap and trade plans have credits to offset electricity rate increases

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Catharine Richert
November 17, 2009
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
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