McCain said that Obama’s health care plan would mandate that “small businesses” provide coverage for their employees and would fine them if they failed to do so. Actually, Obama’s health care plan, posted on his Web site, says: “Small businesses will be exempt from this requirement.” McCain previously used this charge in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
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The AFL-CIO is running a print ad this week arguing that "the House bill gets... Using H1N1 to Sway Health Care Debate The American Future Fund, a conservative advocacy group, has released a new ad that uses the...
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November 6, 2009
Americans consumed 23.8 pounds of candy per capita in 2008.
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