Monthly Archives: July 2011

Debt Limit Debate Round-Up

Posted on July 29, 2011

The last few weeks have been filled with debate, accusations, stalemate and false claims about the debt ceiling and how — and whether — it should be raised. As the Aug. 2 default deadline looms, here’s a look at the less-than-factual talking points …
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LaHood Pads Job Losses

Posted on July 29, 2011

The transportation secretary overstated the number of construction jobs lost because Congress has failed to pass a federal aviation bill. Ray LaHood claimed that "as many as 70,000 construction workers across America are out of work," because of the congressional stalemate. That's the number of jobs a construction industry analysis …
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July 29: Federal Spending, Revenues, Debt

Posted on July 29, 2011
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Default ‘Danger’ Revisited

Posted on July 28, 2011

President Obama's communications director said we’ve "never" been in danger of defaulting before. That's not true. Congress has come close to failing to raise the debt ceiling before defaulting more than once in recent years, under both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer …
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Romney’s Economic Exaggerations

Posted on July 27, 2011

Mitt Romney mistakenly claimed the U.S. is experiencing "the worst recovery … in America's history," citing the Wall Street Journal. But the newspaper article said it was "the worst, or one of the worst, since the government started tracking these trends after World War II." That obviously does not include …
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McConnell’s Debt Claim ‘Rejected’

Posted on July 27, 2011

Sen. Mitch McConnell wrongly claimed President Obama "rejected the only plan the Democrats have proposed" to raise the debt ceiling. That's not true. The White House has explicitly supported the proposal. The Senate minority leader made the false statement in a July 26 speech on the Senate floor. McConnell, July …
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FactChecking Dueling Debt Speeches

Posted on July 26, 2011 , Corrected on July 27, 2011

The president and House speaker restated familiar positions in their dueling debt ceiling speeches, but they took their points too far at times or made them without enough context. …
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Medicare Message in Spanish

Posted on July 26, 2011

A Democratic ad in Spanish says Republicans "would end the Medicare guarantee." That requires context. Viewers might interpret the message to mean that Medicare would end completely. That's not the case. The ad refers to the system's guarantee of a certain level of benefits covered by the government. ⬐ Click …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 19-25

Posted on July 26, 2011

This week, readers sent us comments about our article on the deficit debate. 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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‘Spenditol’ Silliness

Posted on July 25, 2011

A conservative Christian group makes some wildly improbable claims about government spending in a satirical ad targeting Democrats. The ad mimics the format of spots for prescription drugs, touting "Spenditol" as a cure for the "chronic pain" of rising gasoline and food prices and unemployment worries. While we do get …
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