Latest Fact-Checks By Becky Bowers

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President Barack Obama says, “Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour”

April 2, 2012

Last year, "Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour."

Senate Republican web video says Obama’s health care law ‘forces’ businesses to give up plans

March 27, 2012

"Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to give up their current plans due to new Obamacare regulations."

President Barack Obama campaign video says auto companies ‘repaid their loans’

March 21, 2012

"(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans."

Rick Santorum says happiness ‘at the time of our founders’ was ‘doing what you ought to do’

March 7, 2012

"If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do…

Mitt Romney ad says Rick Santorum endorsed Arlen Specter twice

February 29, 2012

Says "Rick Santorum supported (Arlen) Specter over conservative candidates twice."

Rick Santorum says, ‘Amniocentesis does, in fact, result more often than not … in abortion’

February 27, 2012

"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."

Mitt Romney says Barack Obama ‘could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not.’

February 24, 2012

"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."

Chamber of Commerce ad says ‘Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes’

February 16, 2012

"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."

NRA leader says Barack Obama endorsed a ‘total ban’ on handguns

February 13, 2012

Says Barack Obama "endorsed a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns."

Obama campaign says officials will now appear at super PAC fundraisers

February 8, 2012

On fundraising for super PACs

White House official says 98 percent of Catholic women have used contraception

February 6, 2012

"Most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception."

Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney cut off Jewish nursing home residents’ kosher food

February 1, 2012

"Gov. Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens who were on Medicaid to save $5 a day."

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