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Tag Archives: NRCC
NRCC’s Sneak Preview of 2014
In a sneak preview of the 2014 campaign, a GOP ad in North Carolina says Rep. Mike McIntyre “voted to spend $1.8 trillion on Obamacare” and “keep Obamacare’s taxes.” Spoiler alert: The ad is misleading. In fact, McIntyre voted twice against the health care bill, and he voted twice for …
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NRCC Claims Democrat Will End Medicare
The National Republican Congressional Committee misleads in a TV ad that claims a Democratic candidate for Congress supports “eliminating Medicare entirely.” David Gill, who is running for a House seat in Illinois, supports a universal health care plan that would cover all Americans — ending the need for a stand-alone …
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Posted in Spin Detectors Articles, The FactCheck Wire
Tagged David Gill, medicare (79), NRCC
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NRCC Taxes Logic in North Carolina House Race
A Democratic congressman who has reliably supported extending the Bush tax cuts is now being attacked by a GOP TV spot claiming he “voted for higher taxes on Social Security, small businesses, middle-class families, even marriage.” All those claims are false or, in the case of Social Security, misleading. The …
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Taxes on ‘Sick Puppies’?
The National Republican Congressional Committee claims the federal health care law taxes “sick puppies,” but that’s a big stretch. No puppies are taxed by the law. Instead, the reference is to a tax on medical devices. For more, see our June 19 story, “NRCC: ‘Obamacare’ Taxes Sick Puppies.”
NRCC’s Dim Ad on Bobby Bright
In a strained attempt to portray Democratic Rep. Bobby Bright of Alabama as a puppet of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the National Republican Congressional Committee makes an interesting claim: "Bobby Bright voted with Nancy Pelosi over 70 percent of the time." That’s entirely true, but context is everything: Bright’s low score ranks …
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Ethics Attack Misses Mark
Ethics increasingly has become an issue in the final weeks of the hotly contested special election in the 12th congressional district in Pennsylvania. Republican candidate Tim Burns has been running a television ad saying Democrat Mark Critz “was investigated …
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Over the Top on TARP
It’s always fascinating to watch history being rewritten before one’s very eyes. A fresh example comes courtesy of the National Republican Congressional Committee, in a cookie-cutter press release attacking Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia and a slew of his fellow Democrats. We were sent a version of the release headlined …
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Twitter, and the Pennsylvania 12th
In episode 9 of FactCheck Radio, we debunk false tweets from the political parties on Twitter, and we look at dueling ads in a special election to fill a House seat in Pennsylvania. (Click the play button below to listen to the podcast. Or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.) …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged DCCC, health care reform, Mark Critz, NRCC, offshoring, podcast, RNC, Tim Burns, Twitter
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What’s in a Number?
The National Republican Congressional Committee has released a new ad attacking Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello of Virginia for voting with "(Barack) Obama and Nancy Pelosi" for the Waxman-Markey energy bill. It’s part of a broader effort to target several Democratic members. The ad says the bill will result in lost …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged 2010 campaign, energy, Eric Cantor, Nancy Pelosi, NRCC, taxes, Waxman-Markey bill
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Linking Dems to Pelosi
On May 28, the National Republican Congressional Committee announced a new ad campaign attacking Democratic House members by attempting to tie them to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s winding story of what the CIA did or did not tell her about U.S. interrogation techniques. The NRCC says it plans to target 20 …
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