Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Martin O’Malley says U.S. has seen falling wages for 12 straight years

March 31, 2015
In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
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Barack Obama says health care law has led to 50,000 fewer preventable hospital deaths

March 31, 2015
The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."
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Social media posts say Michelle Obama is mandating that all day care kids be weighed

March 26, 2015
Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
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Allen West says Obama EPA wants to regulate backyard barbecue

March 26, 2015
"EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."
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White House aide says job growth now at ‘fastest pace in this country’s history’

March 24, 2015
Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."
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Glenn Beck says Barack Obama took Iran, Hamas off U.S. terror list

March 20, 2015
"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."
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James Webb says stock market has tripled in value since 2009

March 17, 2015
"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."
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Mitch McConnell: John Kerry visited Nicaragua in 1980s to accuse Reagan of ‘enaging in terrorism’

March 16, 2015
Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused…
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Tom Cotton says Susan Rice ‘conceded’ that under nuclear deal, Iran would have ‘robust’ enrichment

March 16, 2015
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
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Joe Biden says ‘vast majority’ of international commitments are struck without congressional role

March 12, 2015
"The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval."
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Is the letter to Iran from 47 Republican senators correct about Congress’ role in nuclear deal?

March 11, 2015
If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen…
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