Monthly Archives: February 2013

Boehner’s Revenue Reach

Posted on February 28, 2013

House Speaker John Boehner claimed the federal government will take in more revenue this year than any other year in history. That’s true in nominal dollars, but not as a percentage of gross domestic product — a measure preferred by most economists that accounts for growth in population, inflation and …
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Sequester Spin

Posted on February 26, 2013

The Sunday talk shows included exaggerated claims from both sides about the debate over automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1: Education Secretary Arne Duncan said “as many as 40,000 teachers could lose their jobs.” But that assumes the entire $2.8 billion in looming DOE cuts would come …
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Feb. 22: Sequester, Estate Tax, Preschool

Posted on February 22, 2013
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Paying People to Play Video Games

Posted on February 22, 2013

House Speaker John Boehner tweets that the Obama administration is spending $1.2 million “paying people to play video games.” That’s misleading. The government did pay $1.2 million for university research that includes the study of how video games can stimulate the cognitive abilities of seniors. A fraction of that cost …
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Feb. 15: Public Debt, Manufacturing Jobs, Health Care

Posted on February 22, 2013
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SEIU Distorts Halvorson’s Record in Illinois Race

Posted on February 22, 2013

A radio ad from the Service Employees International Union grossly distorts the voting record of former Rep. Debbie Halvorson in the final days of the Democratic primary to fill the House seat left vacant by Jesse Jackson Jr.’s resignation. The union claims: Halvorson “voted against extending unemployment benefits for millions …
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Obama’s and Rubio’s Health Care Claims

Posted on February 21, 2013

Managing Editor Lori Robertson tells Connecticut Public Broadcasting about President Barack Obama’s and Sen. Marco Rubio’s health care claims in the State of the Union address and Republican response. Obama said the Affordable Care Act “is helping to slow the growth of health care costs.” Experts say it has helped, …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Feb. 12-18

Posted on February 20, 2013

This week, readers sent us letters about health care costs, gun bans and a national gun registry. 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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Obama’s Preschool Stretch

Posted on February 20, 2013

President Obama exaggerates the potential benefits of his ambitious plan for universal preschool, as he first outlined in the State of the Union and repeated elsewhere since then: Obama says every dollar invested in “high quality” preschool can return “seven dollars later on” but that is based on an economic analysis of a small, two-year program that targeted disadvantaged youth …
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The ‘Obamaquester’

Posted on February 19, 2013

This Republican talking point aims to blame President Obama for more than $1 trillion in automatic, across-the-board cuts in domestic and defense spending that — without action by Congress — are scheduled to take effect on March 1. But the reality is that the pending cuts would not be possible had both Democrats and Republicans not supported the legislation that included them. …
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