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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Author Archives: Viveca Novak
GOP Stimulus Myths
Do some of the Republican claims you’ve heard about the stimulus bill sound too awful to be true? We find a few that are wildly exaggerated or downright false. It’s not true that the bill contains spending for “golf carts.” It has $300 million to buy fuel-efficient vehicles, some …
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Doctor’s Orders?
Conservative politicians have claimed that the stimulus bill requires that doctors follow government orders on what medical treatments can and can’t be prescribed. But the bill doesn’t say that. Rep. Tom Price of Georgia says the measure creates “a national health care rationing board.” Not true. What it creates is …
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Tagged health care, health insurance, medicare, President Bush, Rush Limbaugh, stimulus bill
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Stimulus Bill Bravado
In recent weeks, in his pitches to Congress and the public on the need to pass the economic stimulus bill, Obama has made several claims about what it would do. (Republicans, too, have made stimulus boasts of their own.) But these pronouncements are not a sure thing. Obama repeatedly said …
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Tagged earmarks, economy, health care, heatlh records, jobs, President Obama, stimulus, stimulus bill
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Let Election 2010 Begin
Believe it or not, ads for the midterm elections are on the air already. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced radio ads this week that attack 28 House Republicans for voting against such how-could-they-possibly-oppose-them measures as “tax breaks … for American workers” and creating and saving “over 390,000 New York …
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2008 Voter Turnout
Q: Is it true that 36 percent to 37 percent of eligible voters failed to vote in the recent presidential election? A:Actually, the number is slightly higher than that: 38.4 percent of eligible voters didn’t cast a ballot for president in 2008. Even more — 39.9 percent — didn’t vote …
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Automakers and Charity
Q: Is it true that the Big Three American automakers made charitable contributions after 9/11, while foreign companies, by and large, did nothing? A: Actually, foreign car companies gave lots of money, too, despite what an old chain e-mail claims.
