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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Spinning Obama’s Budget
Both parties are putting political spin on the deficit reduction contained in President Obama’s $3.78 trillion budget plan. Obama said his budget would cut deficits by “nearly another $2 trillion” over 10 years. Two prominent Republicans said it would only reduce deficits by about $600 billion. The question is: compared …
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Gun Rights Group’s Aim Is Way Off
A conservative gun rights group is going after three congressmen with “A” ratings from the National Rifle Association by falsely claiming they support President Obama’s gun control agenda. TV ads attacking Virginia Republicans Eric Cantor and Scott Rigell and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin falsely accuse the three congressmen of …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Eric Cantor, Joe Manchin, National Association for Gun Rights, Scott Rigell
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Health Insurance Premium Spin
A new analysis on the Affordable Care Act prompts Republicans and the White House to trade misleading claims about the law’s impact on insurance premiums. Predictably, one side says they’ll go up; the other says they’ll go down. But both are stretching the facts, just as they’ve been doing since …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Affordable Care Act, health care, insurance, premiums, White House
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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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Bloomberg’s Obesity Claim
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told David Letterman that “for the first time in the history of the world, more people will die from overeating than under-eating this year.” After Letterman expressed surprise, Bloomberg added: “It’s all happened in the last 20 years.” So, is obesity going to lead to …
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Rand Paul Exaggerates His Filibuster ‘Victory’
Sen. Rand Paul says it “took 13 hours of filibuster” to finally force the Obama administration “to say, no, we won’t kill noncombatants in America.” In fact, Attorney General Eric Holder said “no” at a Senate hearing shortly before Paul began his filibuster. “After much gymnastics I am very glad …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged drones, Eric Holder, filibuster, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz
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Bachmann Bungles Benghazi, Food Stamps
Rep. Michele Bachmann used misleading and at times wildly inaccurate portrayals of two key domestic and foreign policy issues — food stamps and the response to an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya — to paint President Obama as someone who doesn’t “care.” Her account of the White House …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Benghazi, CPAC2013, food stamps, Libya, Michele Bachmann
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Rangel’s Assault Weapons Whopper
Rep. Charlie Rangel falsely claimed there are “millions of kids dying, being shot down by assault weapons.” In fact, fewer than 100,000 persons younger than 20 years old died of gun violence, including suicide, over a 30-year period through 2010, government data show. About two-thirds of those deaths — or …
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Bachmann’s Killer Health Care Claims
Rep. Michele Bachmann claims that “vulnerable women, vulnerable children, vulnerable senior citizens” will all “pay more” under the federal health care law and get “less” in return. The law actually provides free preventive services for women, increases prescription drug coverage for seniors and extends funding for the children’s health program …
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