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Tag Archives: stimulus
Attacks Against Gingrich: How Accurate?
Summary A pro-Romney group is savaging Newt Gingrich with TV ads and mailers to Iowa Republicans. Gingrich dismisses the attacks as “lies.” We find that some of the claims from Restore Our Future are indeed distorted, false or misleading. But several are also right on target. A TV spot makes …
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Tagged abortion, china, ethics, Freddie Mac, global warming, Illegal immigration, Libya, medicare, Newt Gingrich, stimulus, TARP, United Nations
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Flipping Through DNC Playbook on Romney
The Democratic National Committee casts Mitt Romney as an untrustworthy flip-flopper in a lengthy Web video, but pads a long list of examples with some falsehoods and distortions. It’s true that Romney has changed or modified his position on some major issues — including abortion, a federal assault weapons ban and Reaganomics, as the DNC says. But the video strains the truth …
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Tagged abortion, assault weapons ban, Bailouts, education, health care, immigration, labor unions, minimum wage, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, stem cell research, stimulus, taxes
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Obama’s Solyndra Problem
President Obama exaggerated when defending his administration’s approval of a $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra, a now-defunct solar company. Obama referred to Solyndra’s loan at an Oct. 6 press conference as “a loan guarantee program that predates me.” That’s not accurate. It’s true that the Energy Policy Act of …
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Tagged clean-energy innovation, President Obama, Solyndra, stimulus
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Revising Romney’s Revision
Rick Perry’s campaign claims Mitt Romney’s 2010 book “praises Obama’s $800 billion stimulus, while [the] 2011 edition calls it a ‘failure.’ ” Not so. It’s true that Romney revised his words in the paperback edition, but his original version said the stimulus was “far less than successful,” and that “it …
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CNN/Tea Party Debate
The GOP presidential candidates debated for the second time in six days — tossing out a variety of false and misleading claims on everything from Social Security to vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases. …
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Tagged debt ceiling, health care, Herman Cain, immigration, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Social Security, stimulus, taxes
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Dueling Economic Ads
A conservative group's ad makes the rise in unemployment under President Obama appear worse than it actually is. And in a counter-attack ad, a liberal group offers its spin on GOP economic plans. Crossroads GPS, which spent heavily in the midterm elections to defeat Democrats, is spending $5 million to …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Crossroads GPS, medicare, Priorities USA Action, stimulus, unemployment
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Down-to-the-Wire Deceptions
Attack ads, and the misinformation that comes with them, continue to swamp the airwaves. In fact, spending on ads in these midterm elections could top $3 billion, said Evan Tracey, whose Kantar Media-owned Campaign Media Analysis Group tracks political ads running nationwide. That cracks the $2.7 billion spent in 2008 – …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged 17th amendment, 2010 midterm elections, AFSCME, Bill Brady, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DSCC, Eric Cantor, Joe Sestak, Ken Buck, Lisa Murkowski, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Quinn, privatization, Social Security, stimulus, student loans
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