House Speaker John Boehner exaggerates when he says “almost all” of the 46 “jobs bills” awaiting action in the Senate “passed the House on a bipartisan basis.” Exactly half of those bills got less than 20 Democratic votes, including two that got no votes.
Stories by Eugene Kiely
Director, FactCheck.org
Oct. 31: U.S. Flag, Jobs, Birth Control
NARAL’s ‘Edgy’ Condom Ad in Colorado
2014 Campaign Whoppers
A ‘Willie Horton’ Ad in Nebraska
Oct. 24: McConnell, Student Loans, Tax Cuts
Oct. 17: Ebola, Uninsured, U.S. Budget
A ‘Whopper’ in Arkansas Debate?
At an Oct. 13 Arkansas Senate debate, Rep. Tom Cotton claimed that Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor “voted for every one of Barack Obama’s tax increases.” Pryor called this a “whopper,” and countered that he “voted against every budget that President Obama has offered.” We find that both are not telling the whole story.