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Monthly Archives: November 2009
November 19, 2009
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863. Source: Library of Congress
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Real Jobs, Fake Districts?
The Obama administration’s Recovery.gov Web site is supposed to compile data on actual, real-life jobs filled by companies and states that have received real money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (a.k.a. the stimulus). But the site claims that jobs exist in congressional districts that don’t. This is a …
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November 18, 2009
At noon on Nov. 18, 1883, the U.S. Naval Observatory changed its telegraphic signals to correspond to the four standard time zones that were created in the continental U.S. The railroads were responsible for prompting the introduction of time zones. Source: Library of Congress
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Nov. 10-Nov. 16
This week, readers sent us comments on the federal health plan, our Just The Facts! vidcast and the H1N1 vaccine. In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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Health Care and the Economy
Would the House-passed health care bill make a tough economy worse and wipe out more jobs, as claimed in a TV ad from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce? Or would it help small business and encourage economic growth, as claimed in an ad sponsored by a big labor union …
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Tagged chamber of commerce, economy, health care, Health Care for America Now, health insurance, jobs
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November 17, 2009
California’s American Indian and Alaska Native population, the highest of any state, was 738,978, as of July 1, 2008. Oklahoma’s population, 406,492, was the second highest. Source: Census Bureau
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November 16, 2009
As of July 1, 2008, 4.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives were living in the U.S. That’s 1.6 percent of the total population. Source: Census Bureau
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November 15, 2009
In 1990, President George H.W. Bush was the first president to designate November as "National American Indian Heritage Month." Source: Census Bureau
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