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NRCC Reaching with Robocall

Posted on October 3, 2012

A Republican campaign in Pennsylvania attacks a Democratic House candidate for things that weren’t her doing in a strained attempt to tie her to a convicted cop murderer. A robocall from the National Republican Congressional Committee went out to 8th District voters on Sept. 27, claiming that Kathy Boockvar, the …
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NRCC Attack Ad Misleads Iowa Voters

Posted on September 18, 2012

A Republican TV ad falsely claims that businesses “are forced to drop health care coverage” and families are “losing health care benefits” under the new federal health care law. “That’s what’s happening,” the ad says. But that’s not happening now. The claim is based on a July survey of corporate …
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NRCC: ‘Obamacare’ Taxes Sick Puppies

Posted on June 19, 2012

A Republican claim that the federal health care law taxes “heart attacks, sick puppies and even new babies” is a dog. Turns out it’s a reference to excise taxes on certain medical devices. The National Republican Congressional Committee crams a highlight reel of misleading claims about the health care law …
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NY-23: Owens to Raise YOUR Taxes?

Posted on October 8, 2009

Voters in New York’s 23rd congressional district – where a special election has been forced by the appointment of former GOP Rep. John McHugh to be secretary of the Army – may be finding themselves a bit confused. Dede Scozzafava is pro-choice and has supported gay marriage, and has been …
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