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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Congress Did Not Raise Its Pay, Deny Seniors Increase
Chris Cates, a Republican congressional candidate in Georgia’s May 11 special election, says in a new TV ad that Congress voted to give itself a pay raise, while denying senior citizens on Social Security a cost-of-living increase. He’s wrong on both counts. In “Fed Up,” an ad that started running …
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Whitman Ad Misfires
A Meg Whitman ad falsely accuses her opponent in the California GOP gubernatorial primary of presiding over a spending increase of nearly 14 percent in the department he headed as state insurance commissioner. The true increase is half that. The smackdown between Whitman and Steve Poizner has tightened up in …
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Tagged California governor, Meg Whitman, primary, property tax, Steve Poizner
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Healthreform.gov’s Positive Spin
A federal government website designed to help Americans understand the new health care law isn’t always helpful — or in some cases even accurate. Take this question in the Q&A section for “small businesses." Q: Am I required to offer insurance to my employees? A: No. There is not a …
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A Big Webby Win for FactCheck
We’re very happy to announce that FactCheck.org has won the 2010 Webby Award (also known as "the Oscars of the internet") in the Politics category. Thanks to your votes, we also won this year’s Webby People’s Voice award. This is our second Webby — we also won in 2008 – and …
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Ethics Attack Misses Mark
Ethics increasingly has become an issue in the final weeks of the hotly contested special election in the 12th congressional district in Pennsylvania. Republican candidate Tim Burns has been running a television ad saying Democrat Mark Critz “was investigated …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of April 27-May 3
This week, readers sent us comments about taxes on home sales, czars and tweeting 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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Sunday Replay
Immigration and the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico crowded out most other subjects on the May 2 Sunday talk shows, and we found trampled facts in both areas. Immigration Face-Off on ‘Face the Nation’ Arizona’s tough new immigration law sparked a heated exchange between Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez …
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Tagged Bill Maher, BP, brazil, face the nation, George Will, immigration, J.D Hayworth, Luis Gutierrez, meet the press, Mike Pence, oil, sunday morning talk shows, This Week, unemployment
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General Motors’ Debt
Q: Did General Motors repay its TARP loan from the Treasury with other TARP money? A: Yes. GM repaid the loan portion of the automaker bailout ahead of schedule, with interest. It used TARP money it had already received but hadn’t spent. And taxpayers are still stuck with GM stock …
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