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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Stimulus for Illegal Immigrants?
Q: Will 300,000 illegal immigrants get construction jobs through the stimulus package? A: There’s no way of knowing how many illegal immigrants may or may not end up with a job from stimulus funds. But this inflated estimate comes from conservative groups concerned about the absence of employee verification requirements …
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Eminently Nonsensical
Every so often, we here at factcheck.org get a slew of questions about some huge clandestine shadowy government conspiracy. Here’s the problem with those questions: If it’s a clandestine shadowy government conspiracy, it’s a little hard to confirm or deny absolutely. In fact, that’s what the people who generate these rumors …
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Upstate Insults Continue…
Two days ago on our main site, we analyzed several ads in the special election to replace now-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in New York’s 20th congressional district. But it looks like we missed some. Our Country Deserves Better PAC (a group we’ve chided in the past for an ad echoing claims …
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Upstate Insults
New York Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, a Republican, and businessman Scott Murphy, a Democrat, are battling to fill a House seat in New York’s 20th congressional district that was vacated when its occupant was appointed to the Senate. The special election is scheduled for March 31. Recent ads have …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged DCCC, economy, radio ads, Scott Murphy, special election, TV ads
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Uninsured U.S. Citizens
Q: How many of the uninsured are U.S. citizens? A: The vast majority of the uninsured are citizens from working families.
The Fairness Doctrine
Q: Is the fairness doctrine coming back, and would it shut down conservative talk radio? A: Obama has made it clear he opposes it. If it were revived, it probably would reduce the overall number of radio hours devoted to conservative talk shows.
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Tagged Fairness Doctrine, President Obama, radio, Rush Limbaugh
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Rahm Emanuel Property Taxes
Q: Does Rahm Emanuel pay property taxes? A: The president’s chief of staff does pay taxes on his home. Failed attempts to find his records are the fault of shoddy research.
