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No, claims made in a chain e-mail are false. Jim Johnson advised on non-economic matters but quit after a week. Franklin Raines says he took a "couple of calls" but was never an adviser. We find no evidence Tim Howard...
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CNN tracked down George Obama, and he said that he was "brought up well" and "live[s] well now."
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Obama has been in the U.S. Senate since January 2005. McCain joined the House in Jan. 1983 and the Senate four years later. A chain e-mail that purports to show their time in Congress give a bogus comparison.
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Republicans deny they have any such plans, and a voting rights group says those with homes in foreclosure can't be barred from the polls anyway.
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