Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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$5 trillion added to national debt under Bush

January 22, 2009

"We've added, in the last eight years, $4 trillion of debt to the nation's obligations."

Chu said all the world’s coal burned up is “worst nightmare”

January 18, 2009

Energy nominee Steven Chu has called coal "his worst nightmare."

Tax cuts for rich not biggest deficit factor

January 16, 2009

Bush's tax cuts for high earners "have been the biggest contributor to the budget deficit."

Postal Service employs just over 600,000

January 5, 2009

If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."

Official-looking receipt is a fake

December 2, 2008

Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel.

Savings projection is best case scenario

October 30, 2008

Measures in Barack Obama's health plan could "lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year."

Different statements, different numbers

October 29, 2008

Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit."

Few “guarantees” in McCain’s plan

October 27, 2008

John McCain's health care plan "won't guarantee coverage of cancer screenings or maternity care."

Fines are possible, but for uninsured

October 26, 2008

If parents "don't have health insurance that Senator Obama wants them to have (for their children), they will be fined."

McCain abortion record is consistent.

October 22, 2008

On supporting the Supreme Court abortion decision Roe v. Wade

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