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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Vote for Us for a Webby Award
Former House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill Jr. was fond of telling the story about a longtime neighbor, Elizabeth O’Brien, who felt slighted by O’Neill’s failure to ask her for her vote in his first campaign. In the story, as recalled in a “virtual exhibit” by the Burns Library at Boston …
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Obama and the ‘Buffett Rule’
In their zeal to pass the “Buffett Rule,” President Obama and Vice President Biden leave the false impression that many, if not most, millionaires (people who earn $1 million or more a year) are paying a lower tax rate than the middle class. The fact is that even without the …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Mitt Romney, President Obama, taxes, warren buffett
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Blurring the Record in Utah
A group supporting Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch claims in a TV ad that a Republican challenger “voted to allow state employees to double dip, collecting a pension and a pay check.” That’s a gross exaggeration. Hatch’s opponent, former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist, actually authored a bill in the state Senate …
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Posted in Spin Detectors Articles, The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Dan Liljenquist, Freedom Path, FreedomWorks, Orrin Hatch, Utah
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of April 3-9
This week, readers sent us a request to define budget “cuts,” and a comment about Supreme Court opinions. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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Inflated Claims in Nebraska’s GOP Senate Primary
A Club for Growth Action TV ad in Nebraska’s Republican Senate primary exaggerates spending under state Attorney General Jon Bruning. It claims Bruning has “nearly doubled” his office’s budget. But the increase — 81 percent from 2003 to 2011 — doesn’t account for inflation or the fact that the AG’s …
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Good Debt Chart, Hyped Narration
A visually striking new ad from a Republican Senate candidate provides a stark image of the U.S. debt problem — and almost gets the numbers right. The 30-second spot hit the airwaves in Wisconsin April 7. It shows GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde climbing up the foothills of an Everest-like …
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Romney Attacks on Santorum’s Turf
Mitt Romney has put the brakes on a TV ad attacking Rick Santorum — one that highlights the blistering defeat the former Pennsylvania senator suffered in his 2006 reelection bid — as Santorum spends time with his ailing daughter. But with Santorum’s people announcing plans to head back to the …
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Campaign for Primary Accountability
The Campaign for Primary Accountability is a Texas-based Super PAC funded largely by conservatives that targets long-time House members of both parties.
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