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More Regulatory Rhetoric
A new attack ad targeting three Democratic senators and one Republican criticizes "hidden taxes on … pensions and retirement accounts" in the financial regulation legislation being considered by Congress, and urges the senators to "vote against this phony financial reform." The ad gives a false impression. The Senate bill doesn’t …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Bailout, Consumers for Competitive Choice, financial reform, Robert Johnson, Stop Too Big to Fail
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California Governor’s Race, and More on Health Care
In episode 8 of the FactCheck Radio podcast, we look at a false and misleading ad attacking GOP candidate Meg Whitman in the California gubernatorial race, and we debunk more claims about the health care law. (Click the play button below to listen to the podcast. Or subscribe to the …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged 3.8 percent tax, Amish, health care reform, Meg Whitman, microchips, muslims, Steve Poizner, TRICARE
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A False Hit on Critz
We’ve written about misrepresentations in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s attack on Tim Burns, the GOP candidate in the Pennsylvania 12th. Being equal-opportunity fact-checkers, we can’t let a false attack ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee in this race slip by without mention. The hit on Democratic nominee Mark …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Add new tag, Democratic National Campaign Committee, health care, Mark Critz, murtha, Pennsylvania, Republican National Campaign Committee, Tim Burns
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A 3.8 Percent “Sales Tax” on Your Home?
Q: Does the new health care law impose a 3.8 percent tax on profits from selling your home? A: No, with very few exceptions. The first $250,000 in profit from the sale of a personal residence won’t be taxed, or the first $500,000 in the case of a married couple. …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged 3.8% tax, chain e-mail, health care, health care reform, investment income, taxes
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Support FactCheck.org in the 2010 Webby Awards
Dear readers: For three years running, we have been voted the best political site on the Web in the annual Webby Awards competition. These awards, which have been called the Oscars of the Internet, represent a welcome show of support for our mission: holding politicians accountable for factual accuracy. We’d …
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Posted in Special Reports
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The Bailout Bill?
Does the financial regulatory bill put an end to taxpayer-funded bailouts? Or does it "institutionalize" them? Viewers of the Sunday political talk shows and recent C-SPAN clips from the Senate floor might well be wondering, as Democrats (the "end of bailouts" crowd) and some Republicans (the "institutionalize" camp) have made …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Bailout, banks, Chris Dodd, financial oversight, financial regulation, Mitch McConnell
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Another False Tax Attack (And One That’s Just Deceptive)
There they go again. Earlier this month, we called out Democrats for falsely accusing a Republican House candidate in Hawaii of pledging to protect tax breaks for sending jobs overseas. All he did was sign a pledge not to raise taxes. Now a Democratic candidate is making the same false …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged DCCC, jobs, Mark Critz, offshoring, taxes, Tim Burns
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Sunday Replay
During his first appearance on CBS’ "Face the Nation" on April 18, Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts claimed that the financial regulatory bill could potentially cost insurance companies in his state 25,000 to 35,000 jobs. But the freshman senator has failed to provide any support for the claim, and …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged face the nation, jobs, Massachusetts, Scott Brown, sunday morning talk shows
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of April 13-April 19
This week, readers sent us comments about religious exemptions, fine print and colloquial language. 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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