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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Tag Archives: President Obama
Guns for Pilots
Q: Is it true that Obama is dropping the federal safety program that allowed pilots to carry guns? A: No, the program is not being ended, according to the Transportation Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and the largest airline pilots union. In fact, TSA says the program is …
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AIG Campaign Donations
Q: Did AIG give $100,000 to Obama? A: AIG employees gave $104,332 to Obama during the 2008 campaign, the most to any candidate. They also gave heavily to McCain, who was third on their list.
Education Spin
Last year, the president touted U.S. gains in education, saying that our “fourth- and eighth-graders achieved the highest math scores on record.” He bragged that “African-American and Hispanic students posted all-time highs.” Last week, the president said those eighth-graders weren’t so great at math after all …
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Tagged education, George W. Bush, President Obama, schools, teachers
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The Fairness Doctrine
Q: Is the fairness doctrine coming back, and would it shut down conservative talk radio? A: Obama has made it clear he opposes it. If it were revived, it probably would reduce the overall number of radio hours devoted to conservative talk shows.
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Tagged Fairness Doctrine, President Obama, radio, Rush Limbaugh
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Infrastructure Jobs for Union Workers Only?
Q: Did Obama require that all infrastructure jobs in the stimulus bill go to union workers? A: Obama didn’t set a requirement. He issued an executive order that "encourage[s] executive agencies to consider requiring" union labor for "large-scale" government contracts.
Fact Checking Obama’s Speech
President Obama’s first speech to a joint session of Congress was stuffed with signals about the new direction his budget will take and meant-to-be reassuring words about the economy. But it was also peppered with exaggerations and factual misstatements. He said “we import more oil today than ever …
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Tagged ecoonomy, health care, oil imports, President Obama, speech to Congress, stimulus, stimulus bill
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Gun Control
Q: Is Congress going to require a federal license to own a handgun? A: A Chicago congressman’s bill, H.R. 45, would require that, but it has little support. The same bill died quietly in a House subcommittee last year.
Hamas Refugee Assistance
Q: Did Obama pay for Hamas-affiliated terrorists to emigrate to the United States? A: This claim is false. The president’s memorandum to the State Department would pay for refugee assistance in Gaza, not for transporting anyone to the U.S.
Stimulus Bill Bravado
In recent weeks, in his pitches to Congress and the public on the need to pass the economic stimulus bill, Obama has made several claims about what it would do. (Republicans, too, have made stimulus boasts of their own.) But these pronouncements are not a sure thing. Obama repeatedly said …
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Tagged earmarks, economy, health care, heatlh records, jobs, President Obama, stimulus, stimulus bill
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