5 hours and 37 minutes ago filed under Blog
Sen. Alexander: "No" To Unemployment Benefits, "Yes" To Tax Cuts For The Rich
July 28, 2010 4:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Boehner, RNC Revive Wildly Misleading Claim About Taxes & Small Businesses
July 28, 2010 3:04 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Gregg Calls Americans For Tax Reform Estimate "Absurd"
July 27, 2010 2:53 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Johanns Defends GOP's Assault On The Unemployed
July 27, 2010 1:41 pm ET filed under Fact Check
On False Tax Hike Charge, Rep. Pence Sticks To His Poorly-Aimed Guns
In a floor speech this morning, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) returned to the dishonest claim that Democrats are "poised to add tax increases to their agenda" and suggested that Democrats will increase taxes for everyone in January. Pence also attacked the Democrats' economic policy, claiming that Democratic policies have failed to fix our economy. The reality is that it was Pence's party that wrote an expiration date into the 2001 tax cuts that brought us this deficit — and Democrats are proposing to extend those cuts for 98% of Americans. What's more, the Recovery Act has turned the economy around and taken us from massive monthly job losses to slow but steady private-sector job growth.
July 27, 2010 11:19 am ET filed under Blog
GOP Misrepresents CNN Poll That Shows Americans Are More Concerned With Job Creation Than Deficit Reduction
July 26, 2010 4:15 pm ET filed under Blog
Newt Gingrich: "This Is A 70+ Percent Center-Right Country"
July 23, 2010 1:56 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Foxx Echoes GOP Doublespeak On Unemployment Benefits
July 23, 2010 12:51 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx Echoes GOP Doublespeak On Unemployment Benefits
July 23, 2010 10:20 am ET filed under Video
Rep. Pence: Reagan Cut Taxes And Revenue Went Up
July 22, 2010 11:36 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx Blames Dems For Economic Crisis
July 21, 2010 4:01 pm ET filed under Blog
Art Laffer Attacks Alan Greenspan: "He's Old...What Does He Care?"
July 21, 2010 9:54 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert: Wrong As Ever On Wall Street Reform Bill
July 20, 2010 6:02 pm ET filed under Video
In Rep. King's World, Republicans Aren't Blocking Unemployment Extensions
July 20, 2010 5:47 pm ET filed under Blog
After The Filibuster: Republicans Committed To Protecting The Rich, Ignoring The Jobless
July 20, 2010 4:48 pm ET filed under Fact Check
In Rep. King's World, Republicans Aren't Blocking Unemployment Extensions
Last night on the House floor, Democratic members held a colloquy upbraiding the GOP for systematically blocking emergency unemployment benefit extensions in the middle of a recession. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) took offense, explaining that Republicans aren't to blame because they "don't have the votes to block anything." The notion that Republicans haven't blocked benefits for the unemployed is ridiculous on its face. As this timeline shows, the GOP have repeatedly placed deficit fears above the needs of out-of-work Americans, all while denigrating the work ethic of those who rely on unemployment insurance in this economy.
July 19, 2010 5:27 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Pence: Reagan Cut Taxes And Revenue Went Up
July 19, 2010 10:30 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 18, 2010
July 19, 2010 10:18 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 18, 2010
The political shows were busy on Sunday, with Indiana Republican Mike Pence misleading Fox News Sunday viewers about the Recovery Act and Sen. Cornyn misrepresenting the origins of the federal deficit on Meet the Press. Sen. McConnell told State of the Union viewers a flagrant lie about the Obama administration's response to the Gulf oil spill, and exaggerated the number of small businesses that benefit from the Bush tax cuts for the rich. Elsewhere, NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions described the Tea Party as "one-third Democrat, one-third Republican" on Meet the Press despite clear evidence that Tea Party activists are overwhelmingly Republican. On Face the Nation, the task of defending Arizona's immigration law fell this week to former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who offered no new evidence to support his conviction that SB 1070 will not lead to ethnic profiling.
July 16, 2010 2:00 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Culberson Suggests President Obama Is Intentionally Killing Jobs In Republican Areas
July 16, 2010 10:44 am ET filed under Fact Check
Ad Check: American Crossroads Smears Sen. Reid Over Stimulus
A new ad from American Crossroads — the so-called "shadow RNC" launched by Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie — attacks Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) over the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Specifically, the ad claims that Nevada received less stimulus money than "every other state but one." However, data from Recovery.gov and ProPublica.org unequivocally shows the claim to be false.
July 15, 2010 11:36 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Pence's "Absurd" Attack On The Recovery Act
July 14, 2010 1:20 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Bunning: Steinbrenner Was "Smart" To Die In 2010
July 14, 2010 11:56 am ET filed under Blog
The Republican Party's Alternate Set Of "Facts"
July 13, 2010 3:34 pm ET filed under Blog
Carly Fiorina Claims That Tax Cuts "Pay For Themselves"
July 08, 2010 3:43 pm ET filed under Blog
Boehner Should Broadcast Lobbyist Meeting On "America Speaking Out" Website
July 07, 2010 11:01 am ET filed under Blog
RNC Goes Off-Message On Wall Street Reform
July 01, 2010 5:46 pm ET filed under Blog
Carly Fiorina Continues Her War On The Unemployed
