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DCCC Dials Wrong Number

Posted on June 13, 2011 , Updated on June 17, 2011

Democrats make false and misleading claims about the impact of the House GOP budget plan on Medicare and the federal debt in automated phone calls placed in 13 districts. The robocalls, paid for by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
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Playing Politics with Gasoline Prices

Posted on May 27, 2011

Democrats and Republicans disagree on energy policy, but this they share: Both shade the facts on the complex issue for political advantage. Republicans say repealing oil industry tax breaks will drive up costs at the pump. However …
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Test Market for Spin

Posted on May 19, 2011

A May 24 special election to fill a vacant House seat in upstate New York has become a national test market for distorted political claims. It offers a preview of tactics that may be repeated in next year’s …
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Ryan’s Budget Spin

Posted on May 6, 2011

Rep. Paul Ryan spreads some false and misleading information in a series of “Setting The Record Straight” web posts, in which he criticizes the president’s proposed budget and promotes …
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FactChecking Obama’s Budget Speech

Posted on April 15, 2011 , Updated on April 18, 2011

President Barack Obama misrepresented the House Republicans’ budget plan at times and exaggerated its impact on U.S. residents during an April 13 speech on deficit reduction. Obama claimed …
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Donald, You’re Fired!

Posted on April 9, 2011

If Donald Trump worked for us, we’d have to say: “Donald, you’re fired — for incompetence.” The successful developer and TV celebrity says he’d make a good president, and maybe he would — we take no stand either way about that. But when it comes to getting facts straight …
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Dems, GOP Fight Over Homeless Vets

Posted on April 8, 2011

In the fog of a historic budget battle, Democrats are exaggerating the impact of proposed GOP cuts on homeless military veterans. A GOP budget bill approved by the House in February would not fund 10,000 new housing vouchers for homeless veterans this fiscal …
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GOP Exaggerations in Iowa

Posted on March 31, 2011

Several Republicans testing the presidential waters in Iowa made more than a few statements that we found all wet. Among the dubious claims …
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‘RomneyCare’ Facts and Falsehoods

Posted on March 25, 2011

It has been nearly five years since Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed the state’s landmark health care law amid the political flourish of a fife and drum corps and 300 guests in Boston’s Faneuil Hall. The overhaul is largely seen as a blueprint …
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Is Obama to Blame for $4 Gasoline?

Posted on March 24, 2011

Conflicting, false and misleading statements on oil production and gasoline prices have become the currency of politicians lately, as oil tops $100 per barrel and gasoline hovers near $4 per gallon. Among some of the claims that got our attention …
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