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Crossroads Jam-Up

Posted on October 1, 2010

The latest ads from the American Crossroads “super PAC” attack Democrats running for Senate seats in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada, Missouri and New Hampshire. The ads contain a number of misleading and false claims. …
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Spinning the Stimulus

Posted on August 24, 2010

Vice President Joseph Biden and House Republican Leader John Boehner both put their partisan spin on the effects of the administration’s economic stimulus spending. But Biden exaggerated, and Boehner got it wrong, according to a report issued later in the day by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Upbeat Biden; Downbeat …
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Stimulus Jobs: The Fine Print

Posted on April 14, 2010

The White House announced April 14 that a new report shows that the Recovery Act has been responsible for 2.2 million to 2.8 million jobs through the end of March. As always, we advise reading the fine print. As we’ve written before, it’s not possible to know what might have …
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