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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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2012 Players Guide
Author Archives: DAngelo Gore
Dueling Ads in Virginia Race
A TV ad from Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, who’s running on the Democratic ticket in one of the nation’s two gubernatorial races this year, misleadingly describes his opponent’s role in utility rate increases over the last several years. The Deeds campaign’s ad, "Power," asks viewers, "In tough times, what …
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“Clunkers” Credits Taxable?
Q: Will the "Cash for Clunkers" credits be taxed as income for consumers who participated in the program? A: The act establishing the program prohibits the credit from being treated as income for federal income tax purposes. The credits, however, may be subject to a state or local income tax …
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‘Deadly Doctor’?
Q: Does Ezekiel Emanuel advocate sacrificing medical care for senior citizens and disabled youths for the good of society? A: No. Critics of health care legislation are distorting the meaning of Emanuel’s academic writings on medical ethics. And Emanuel tells us, "I am not advocating this."
Michelle Obama’s Staff
Q: Does First Lady Michelle Obama have an “unprecedented” number of staffers? A: A spokeswoman for the first lady says that Michelle Obama currently has a staff of 24. That may indeed be the largest of any first lady, but Hillary Clinton, with 19 staffers, and Laura Bush with at …
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DSCC Ad Links Crist and Ayotte to Palin
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has released a Web ad linking one confirmed and one potential Republican candidate in the 2010 senatorial races to soon-to-be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. But one person isn’t quite like the others. According to a description of the ad on its YouTube channel, the …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Charlie Crist, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Kelly Ayotte, Sarah Palin
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‘Brown Bailout’? Hardly
Last month, FedEx launched a multimillion-dollar online campaign against longtime rival United Parcel Service over a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill making its way through Congress. FedEx says a provision of the bill, as passed in the House, amounts to a “bailout” for UPS. But that’s an abuse of the …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged FedEx, National Labor Relations Act, Railway Labor Act, UPS
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Energy Bill and Existing Homes
Q: Does the House energy bill subject owners of existing homes to an energy efficiency audit before they can sell? A: Rep. Boehner and Rush Limbaugh got this wrong. The Realtors and home builders associations say there’s no such requirement in the bill, as do we.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged cap-and-trade, energy, John Boehner, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Realtors, Rush Limbaugh
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