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FactCheck Mailbag
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 1-7.
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Tag Archives: education
College Kills Faith?
Rick Santorum is off base when he criticizes college as a place where young people lose their “faith commitment.” In fact, the percentage of those with weakened religious affiliations is higher for those who don’t go to college. Santorum also twists Obama’s words when he accuses him of snobbery for …
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Santorum Exaggerates Dropout Rate
Rick Santorum incorrectly claimed that “one of three children drop out of school” in the United States. The 2009 dropout rate was 8.1 percent — slightly higher than it was in 2008, but down significantly from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and even early 2000s, according to the National Center for …
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White House Displays ‘Washington Monument Syndrome’
The White House misleadingly suggests that the Republicans’ plan to pay for a payroll tax cut would result in “forcing cuts to things like education and medical research.” The bill passed by House Republicans mentions no such cuts. And while the bill may or may not require cuts to discretionary …
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Tagged budget, discretionary spending, education, White House
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Flipping Through DNC Playbook on Romney
The Democratic National Committee casts Mitt Romney as an untrustworthy flip-flopper in a lengthy Web video, but pads a long list of examples with some falsehoods and distortions. It’s true that Romney has changed or modified his position on some major issues — including abortion, a federal assault weapons ban and Reaganomics, as the DNC says. But the video strains the truth …
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Tagged abortion, assault weapons ban, Bailouts, education, health care, immigration, labor unions, minimum wage, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, stem cell research, stimulus, taxes
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Fanciful ‘Facts’ At Fox News Debate
Nine Republican presidential candidates debated for two hours in Orlando, Fla., and they served up more exaggerations and falsehoods — about Obama, each other, and even Thomas Jefferson. Perry claimed Romney supports Obama’s Race to the Top education initiative. In fact …
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Tagged education, Gary Johnson, health care law, Herman Cain, Israel, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Ron Paul
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False Claim on Pell Grants in Indiana
A Democratic incumbent in Indiana falsely claims his Republican challenger wants to abolish the popular federal Pell Grant program for needy college students. Rep. Joe Donnelly, who is running for reelection in Indiana’s 2nd District, based his charge on a questionnaire Republican Jackie Walorski submitted to a conservative group. But …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged education, Independence Caucus, Indiana, Jackie Walorski, Joe Donnelly
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