Author Archives: Eugene Kiely

FactChecking Iowa Debate

Posted on August 12, 2011

Republican presidential candidates squared off in Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 11, offering claims, criticism and arguments. We found some false and misleading statements among them …
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Romney’s Run-in on Social Security

Posted on August 12, 2011 , Corrected on August 12, 2011

Mitt Romney gave a misleading answer to a question about Social Security during a feisty exchange with a heckler in Iowa. He said payroll taxes take 15.3 percent "out of your earnings," but only the self-employed pay that rate. All other workers pay half of that, with the other half …
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Aug. 12: Tax Cuts, Debt, Unemployment

Posted on August 12, 2011
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Aug. 5: Unemployment, Jobs, White House Salaries

Posted on August 5, 2011
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July 29: Federal Spending, Revenues, Debt

Posted on July 29, 2011
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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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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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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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July 15: MN Cigarette Tax, Debt Ceiling, Medicare

Posted on July 15, 2011
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