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Full flops for Dewhurst, Patrick on repealing a constitutional amendment

February 13, 2014

U.S. Senate hopefuls David Dewhurst and Dan Patrick flip-flopped on whether to change how senators are chosen. Yes, both said, then no.

Does an Americans for Prosperity ad about a woman with lupus tell the whole story?

February 13, 2014

We explore the issues raised by a recent political ad that features one person talking to a camera about the health care law.

In context: Greg Abbott on third-world corruption near the Texas-Mexico border

February 11, 2014

Greg Abbott has been accused of labeling the Texs-Mexico border region "third world." What exactly did he say?

The federal health care law and volunteer firefighters

February 11, 2014

The U.S. Treasury Department released the final guidelines for businesses to comply with the employer mandate provision in the Affordable Care Act. Included in the regulations was a provision exempting volunteer fire and rescue units, an issue we previously tackled in a fact-check.

Just how many jobs will the Keystone pipeline bring?

February 11, 2014

CNN's Van Jones offered a number, based on a report, and it's low. How low?

Fact-checking the Sunday Feb. 9 news shows

February 9, 2014

Pundits and politicians talked about the Sochi Olympics, and a report from the Congressional Budget Office about the health care law.

Fact-checking the Feb. 9 news shows

February 9, 2014

Pundits talked about the Sochi Olympics and a report from the Congressional Budget Office about the health care law.

Federal aid covers most costs of cameras near Texas-Mexico border

February 7, 2014

Texan Todd Staples made a claim about his agency funding cameras watching the Texas-Mexico border.

Most of the program's funding originated with Uncle Sam.

We put the GOP case against Alex Sink to the Truth-O-Meter

February 7, 2014

A Republican Party of Florida mailer laid out a litany of attacks against the congressional candidate in the 13th District race, so we checked our rulings from years past. It turns out we've heard almost all of them before.

Sunday shows turn to Sochi, CBO report on Obamacare

February 7, 2014

Pundits and politicians appearing on the Feb. 9 Sunday shows will talk about security concerns with the Olympic games in Russia and what a new nonpartisan report says about the health care law's impact on job creation. 

In context: What Obama said about “fundamentally transforming” the nation

February 6, 2014

When President Barack Obama said he had no plans to "fundamentally transform" the nation during a Super Bowl Sunday interview, that sent some viewers back to the archives to find a 2008 quote.

Sorting out the numbers on jobs, workers and the federal health care law

February 5, 2014

A report from the widely respected Congressional Budget Office has stoked debate about how the federal health care law will affect the workforce.

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