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Tag Archives: jobs
Pelosi’s True Spin
Nancy Pelosi accurately — but misleadingly — said more private jobs were created last year than under Bush. Her statement was true. But it's also true that there were still 2,065,000 fewer private jobs in May than there were when Obama took office At last year's pace of job creation, …
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Reid Wrong on Jobs, Tea Party
On NBC’s "Meet the Press," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid exaggerated the latest job gains in the manufacturing sector and grossly minimized tea party victories in the 2010 midterm elections. In the interview — which NBC taped a day before the Jan. 8 shooting of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Ann Marie Buerkle, Blake Farenthold, economy, Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Reid, jobs, Joe Walsh, Sharron Angle, Tea Party
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A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?
When it comes to truth in labeling, House Republicans are getting off to a poor start with their constantly repeated references to the new health care law as “job-killing.” We find: Independent, nonpartisan experts project …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged health care, health care reform, job-killing, jobs, John Boehner, labor
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Another Black Hole
A secretive, Republican-leaning group has spent an estimated $3 million on a TV ad making the false claim that government spending is "not creating jobs." The ad first appeared Sept. 7 and was still running nearly a month later. The ad shows a man in a business suit digging an …
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Super PAC Ads, Grayson’s Attack and the Stimulus
In episode 31 of our podcast, we look at ads from a conservative "super PAC," a low blow from Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida and false claims that the stimulus failed to create jobs. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/FactCheckRadio_episode31.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: Crossroads Jam-Up Oct. 1 …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Alan Grayson, American Crossroads, jobs, Lee Fisher, Paul Hodes, podcast, stimulus
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Who Killed Food Town?
In Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur misrepresents the facts when she accuses her Republican rival, Rich Iott, of running Food Town supermarkets "straight into the ground" after taking over as CEO of the company from his father. Her ad attacks Iott for "closing neighborhood stores and costing …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Food Town, jobs, Marcy Kaptur, Ohio, Richard Iott, Spartan
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A Record Jobs Loss?
Republican Senate candidate Rob Portman is attacking his Democratic opponent, Lee Fisher, for the loss of jobs in Ohio. Portman’s ad claims that under Fisher’s watch — he’s lieutenant governor — the state lost "a record number" of jobs "to other states." But this supposed "record" is based on statistics …
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