Tag Archives: John Boehner

FactChecking Dueling Debt Speeches

Posted on July 26, 2011 , Corrected on July 27, 2011

The president and House speaker restated familiar positions in their dueling debt ceiling speeches, but they took their points too far at times or made them without enough context. …
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Is Obama to Blame for $4 Gasoline?

Posted on March 24, 2011

Conflicting, false and misleading statements on oil production and gasoline prices have become the currency of politicians lately, as oil tops $100 per barrel and gasoline hovers near $4 per gallon. Among some of the claims that got our attention …
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Budget Spin

Posted on February 16, 2011

Democrats and Republicans disagree strongly about elements of President Obama’s 2012 budget, but they are alike in one respect: Both sides are misrepresenting important facts. Obama claimed …
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A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?

Posted on January 7, 2011

When it comes to truth in labeling, House Republicans are getting off to a poor start with their constantly repeated references to the new health care law as “job-killing.” We find: Independent, nonpartisan experts project …
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Are Federal Workers Overpaid?

Posted on December 1, 2010

President Barack Obama’s recent announcement to freeze the pay of federal civilian workers did little to ice the debate over whether federal workers are overpaid or underpaid. … Both sides are armed with official government statistics, but neither side is right. …
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Earmarks, Taxes and Premium Hikes

Posted on November 19, 2010

In episode 38 of our podcast, we highlight false statements from Democrats on the Sunday talk shows, and exaggerations from Republicans about the impact of the new health care law on premiums. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode38.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: Sunday Replay  Nov. 15 The Truth About …
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The Truth About Health Insurance Premiums

Posted on November 19, 2010

Leading Republicans in Congress are blaming the new health care law for double-digit rate increases being sought by insurance companies in Washington state, New York and Connecticut. But insurance regulators, leading health care experts …
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Sunday Replay

Posted on September 13, 2010

All of the misstatements that crept into the Sunday shows this weekend (at least, all the ones we found) had to do with the economy, the topic that is most on voters’ minds as the midterm elections approach. Beware the Third Rail White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod made an …
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Spinning the Stimulus

Posted on August 24, 2010

Vice President Joseph Biden and House Republican Leader John Boehner both put their partisan spin on the effects of the administration’s economic stimulus spending. But Biden exaggerated, and Boehner got it wrong, according to a report issued later in the day by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Upbeat Biden; Downbeat …
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Sunday Replay

Posted on August 9, 2010

On this week’s Sunday talk shows, we didn’t find any whoppers, or even major errors, by politicians. But there were still a few missteps about the nation’s economy, a federal judge’s sexual orientation and an economist’s political leanings. Understating the Underperforming GDP On ABC’s “This Week,” former Bush speechwriter Michael …
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