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‘Death Spiral’ States?

Posted on January 11, 2013

Q: Do 11 states now have more people on welfare than they have employed? A: A viral email making this claim is off base. It distorts a Forbes article that compares private-sector workers with those “dependent on the government,” including government workers and pensioners, and Medicaid recipients — not just …
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Gingrich Overshoots the Truth

Posted on May 17, 2011

Republican Newt Gingrich mistakenly claimed on "Meet the Press" that a U.S. helicopter involved in the Osama bin Laden raid "was shot down." There’s no evidence of that. U.S. officials say it crash landed and was destroyed by Navy SEALs. Gingrich also was wrong to say Pakistan’s intelligence chief did not …
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Ryan’s Budget Spin

Posted on May 6, 2011

Rep. Paul Ryan spreads some false and misleading information in a series of “Setting The Record Straight” web posts, in which he criticizes the president’s proposed budget and promotes …
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FactChecking Obama’s Budget Speech

Posted on April 15, 2011 , Updated on April 18, 2011

President Barack Obama misrepresented the House Republicans’ budget plan at times and exaggerated its impact on U.S. residents during an April 13 speech on deficit reduction. Obama claimed …
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Fostering a Fortune?

Posted on December 10, 2010

Q: Does Illinois pay a grandmother $1,500 per month per child to be the foster parent to her eight grandchildren? A: No. State officials have no record of such a case, and state law would not allow it. This second-hand story spread by a Danville urologist isn’t true.

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Sunday Replay

Posted on November 8, 2010

The first set of Sunday shows since the midterm elections featured a number of Republicans talking about how they’ll exercise their increased power. We’d just like to set the facts straight — on the budget, the health care law, taxes and other subjects. Democrats, too, weren’t immune from making a …
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Halter Questioned On Misleading TV Ad

Posted on June 8, 2010

In an MSNBC interview today — the day of the June 8 Democratic primary runoff in Arkansas — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter was questioned about a TV ad that we here at FactCheck.org said made misleading claims about Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s position on Social Security cuts. MSNBC reporter Andrea Mitchell, who …
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Social Security for Immigrants and Refugees

Posted on April 17, 2009

Q: Do immigrants and refugees get more in benefits than a retired U.S. citizen gets in Social Security? A: This is nonsense. The claims propagated by a viral e-mail are not even close to the truth.

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