Tag Archives: Tom Coburn

Sequester Spin

Posted on February 26, 2013

The Sunday talk shows included exaggerated claims from both sides about the debate over automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1: Education Secretary Arne Duncan said “as many as 40,000 teachers could lose their jobs.” But that assumes the entire $2.8 billion in looming DOE cuts would come …
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Fun with Deficit Statistics

Posted on April 22, 2011

Q: Is it true that this year’s deficit is greater than the total taxable income of Americans earning more than $100,000? A: No, it’s not true. The statistic comes from a Wall Street Journal editorial, which has been corrected.

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FactChecking Republicans at CPAC

Posted on February 14, 2011 , Corrected on February 15, 2011

Republicans at the Conservative Political Action Conference this past weekend strayed at times from the facts, although for the most part, they stuck to expressing their low opinions of the current administration and its policies. …
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Benton’s Bogus Viagra Ad

Posted on May 11, 2010

Don Benton, a Republican from Washington state who is running for U.S. Senate against Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, is airing a false and misleading ad that says: "Patty Murray voted to use taxpayer money to give Viagra to sex offenders.” The ad goes on to say, “What if I told …
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Health Care Summit Squabbles

Posted on February 25, 2010 , Updated on March 2, 2010

We tuned in to watch the president’s health care summit at Blair House today — all six-plus hours of it. And we weren’t surprised to hear some factual missteps in the discussion: Sen. Lamar Alexander said premiums will go up for “millions” under the Senate bill and president’s plan, while President Barack Obama said families …
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