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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Author Archives: Eugene Kiely
Biden Exaggerates Aid to Israel
Vice President Joe Biden incorrectly told a pro-Israel group that President Obama’s $3.1 billion request for military aid to Israel last year was “the most in history.” The record was set in fiscal 2000, when the Clinton administration secured $3.12 billion for Israel — which is not only slightly more …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Foreign aid, Israel, Joe Biden, President Bush, President Obama
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The Sequester Blame Game
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner emerged from their White House meeting on sequestration blaming each other for the automatic spending cuts and misrepresenting the other side’s position: Obama’s remarks left the false impression that Boehner has reneged on a GOP plan to raise $800 billion by limiting …
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Sequester Spin
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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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Arne Duncan, education, sequestration, teachers, Tom Coburn
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SEIU Distorts Halvorson’s Record in Illinois Race
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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NRA and Assault Weapons Sales
On WCBS radio, FactCheck.org Director Eugene Kiely discusses Sen. Chris Murphy’s claim that NRA executives “pay their salaries” by taking “a cut” of assault weapons sales. Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, cites the NRA’s so-called round-up program as evidence that the gun-rights group “does not represent gun owners anymore.” The fact …
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Posted in FactCheck.org On the Air, WCBS Radio
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NRA Misfires on Federal Gun Registry
The head of the National Rifle Association misfires when he claims the president’s proposal to require background checks for all gun sales will result in a “massive federal registry” of firearms. Current law bars federal agencies from retaining records on those who pass background checks, and nothing in the president’s …
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