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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Bachmann’s Histrionics on Health Care
Posted on August 2, 2011
Michele Bachmann incorrectly claimed the new health care law is "the largest spending and entitlement program ever passed in our nation's history." The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the health care provisions of the law will cost roughly $169 billion in fiscal year 2016, the first year of full …
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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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Tagged Barack Obama, debt ceiling, John Boehner, Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan, Xavier Becerra
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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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Tagged Barack Obama, debt ceiling, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell
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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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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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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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Crossroads Targets Dems for Budget Woes
Posted on July 14, 2011 , Updated on July 21, 2011
The conservative group Crossroads GPS has launched a $7 million ad campaign targeting President Obama, five Democratic senators and 10 representatives. A lot of the content in the ads …
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Tagged Barack Obama, Ben Nelson, bill Nelson, Claire McCaskill, health care, Jon Tester, medicare, Sherrod Brown, stimulus
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Obama’s Untrue Anecdote
Posted on July 14, 2011
President Obama's much-told story about his mother's fight to get cancer coverage was untrue, according to a recently published book. And the White House isn't disputing the author's account. The New York Times reports that Janny Scott, in her biography, “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,” …
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Tagged Barack Obama, health care, health insurance, stanley ann dunham
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Cheney Ad ‘Hasty’ with Quotes
Posted on July 12, 2011
Liz Cheney's group quotes U.S. military leaders out of context to attack President Obama's Afghanistan policy. Keep America Safe, which is headed by the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is airing a TV ad that uses brief video clips of congressional testimony given by Gen. David Petraeus and …
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Tagged afghanistan, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Mike Mullen
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The Traveling President
Posted on July 8, 2011
Q: Is President Obama flying on Air Force One more than other presidents did? Is he being accompanied by more people on international trips? A: Two chain e-mails suggesting that the president's travel habits are more excessive than his predecessors are off base.
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Tagged air force one, Barack Obama, chain e-mail, presidential travel
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