Monthly Archives: July 2011

Medicare Misrepresentation

Posted on July 25, 2011

The liberal group Patriot Majority distorts a Republican plan to change Medicare, claiming the GOP proposal says “no to Medicare, no to seniors.” The plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would radically change Medicare, but it wouldn’t put an end to government health care for seniors. Instead, it …
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Obama Inflates Defense ‘Cut’

Posted on July 22, 2011

President Obama's claim "that we've already cut" $400 billion in defense spending is misleading. The president was referring to a Defense Department report that identified $178 billion in "efficiencies" over five years — which the administration says will save $400 billion over 10 years. But only $78 billion of the …
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Barrasso’s Subsidy Speculation

Posted on July 22, 2011

Sen. John Barrasso engaged in wild speculation in claiming that lower-income subsidies will cost $900 billion a year under the federal health care law. He assumes that all employer-based insurance in the United States will disappear. In an op-ed for Roll Call, the Wyoming Republican and orthopedic surgeon said that …
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Pawlenty Not ‘Ashamed’ Now

Posted on July 22, 2011

Tim Pawlenty's repeated claim that he "won" Minnesota's 2005 government shutdown is inconsistent with his view at the time. Shortly after the state budget crisis had been resolved, Pawlenty — then governor of Minnesota — said that "anybody who tries to spin this as a partisan victory should be ashamed …
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July 22: Health Care, DREAM Act, Bailouts

Posted on July 22, 2011
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Did Obama ‘Enact’ DREAM Act?

Posted on July 20, 2011 , Updated on June 19, 2012

Q: Did President Obama “enact” the DREAM Act by executive order to give “amnesty” to 20 million illegal immigrants? A: No. But the administration in 2011 adopted a policy of giving “particular care” before deporting students, military veterans and others deemed to be low risk. In 2011, it issued a …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 12-18

Posted on July 19, 2011

This week, readers sent us compliments and comments about our fact-check of Washington's fiscal mess. 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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Did Lugar ‘Bail Out’ NYC?

Posted on July 18, 2011

Club for Growth exaggerates when it claims Sen. Richard Lugar voted to bail out New York City "back in the 1970s" at a cost of $9.4 billion. Lugar was mayor of Indianapolis when Congress passed the famous 1975 New York City bailout. He did vote for a 1978 bill that …
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Fiscal FactCheck

Posted on July 15, 2011

Washington’s spending has recently been higher as a percentage of the nation’s economic output than at any time since World War II. But by the same measure, Washington’s revenues are the lowest in more than 60 years. …
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July 15: MN Cigarette Tax, Debt Ceiling, Medicare

Posted on July 15, 2011
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