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Congressman’s Slippery Cell Phone Claim

Posted on May 22, 2012

A congressman’s Web video goes too far when it portrays a program that subsidizes cell phone service for very low-income persons as a government giveaway that is costing taxpayers billions. The video also misleadingly claims Arkansas Rep. Tim Griffin is “reforming” the program. His proposed legislation — the “Stop Taxpayer-Funded Cell …
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Who’s Bearing ‘False Witness’ in Arkansas?

Posted on October 20, 2010

In Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District, Democrat Joyce Elliott accuses her opponent, Tim Griffin, of violating the commandment not to bear false witness — but she goes on to make questionable claims herself: Elliott says Griffin “conspired to keep students and soldiers from voting” in the 2004 election, an unproven allegation …
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