Latest Fact Checks By Erin O'Neill

Frank Lautenberg says gun violence claimed more American lives in U.S. than in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Erin O'Neill

August 6, 2012

"Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."

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Scott Garrett claims Affordable Care Act cuts Medicare funding, creates “rationing board”

By Erin O'Neill

August 3, 2012

"The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats…

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Chris Christie says almost 90,000 New Jerseyans are back to work since he took office

By Erin O'Neill

July 30, 2012

"What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back…

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Rush Holt claims more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire every day

By Erin O'Neill

July 27, 2012

"As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are…

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Chris Christie: New Jersey gained more jobs in first six months of 2012 than in all of 2011

By Erin O'Neill

July 26, 2012

"We created as many jobs in the first six months of this year as we did in all of 2011 and 2011 was the best…

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Chris Christie claims he cut $360 million from the state Legislature’s budget using line-item vetoes

By Erin O'Neill

July 23, 2012

"I used my line-item veto authority to veto $360 million dollars in special interest spending, so that our budget this year ... is still smaller…

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Bill Pascrell claims Barack Obama has not raised taxes

By Erin O'Neill

July 22, 2012

Says President Barack Obama "has not raised taxes."

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Joe Kyrillos claims the United States is not producing jobs

By Erin O'Neill

July 15, 2012

"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all…

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Chris Christie says under new bill teachers who receive two negative evaluations lose tenure

By Erin O'Neill

July 12, 2012

Says New Jersey’s tenure law "has now been reformed to say that if teachers get two years of partially effective or ineffective ratings they lose…

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Steve Sweeney claims new legislation doesn’t eliminate teacher tenure

By Erin O'Neill

July 9, 2012

Says "tenure still exists but it's been overhauled" for teachers in New Jersey.

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Mitt Romney, Barack Obama in “margin-of-error race” according to most polls, says Chris Christie

By Erin O'Neill

July 5, 2012

"If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president."

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Jennifer Beck claims New Jersey residents are working at the highest rate in three years

By Erin O'Neill

July 1, 2012

"New Jersey's citizens are working at the highest rate in three years."

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