July 28, 2010 2:19 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Steve King's Love/Hate Relationship With Socialism
July 19, 2010 3:18 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Republicans Still Lying About Health Care Reform And Abortions
In a pair of op-eds in The Hill last Friday, House Republicans Phil Roe (TN) and James Sensenbrenner (WI) charged that federal tax dollars are paying for abortions in Pennsylvania, and that President Obama lied about abortion funding under the Affordable Care Act. Pennsylvania was the first state to present a high-risk pool plan to Washington, and so they are the first to receive funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). According to Roe and Sensenbrenner, Pennsylvania is therefore the first state to offer taxpayer-funded abortions under "ObamaCare." This predictable attack is as untrue as it is uncreative.
July 13, 2010 2:42 pm ET filed under Blog
What Do Rick Scott And The Lockerbie Bomber Have In Common?
July 07, 2010 1:00 pm ET filed under Blog
Republicans Feign Outrage Over Berwick Appointment
July 01, 2010 5:46 pm ET filed under Blog
Carly Fiorina Continues Her War On The Unemployed
June 29, 2010 1:19 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Sees "Rebellion" Akin To 1776
June 25, 2010 11:02 am ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Gingrey Lies About Health Care Polling
Speaking on the House floor last night, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) asserted that "in all polls taken" the American people "overwhelmingly" oppose the Affordable Care Act. In reality, however, public opinion is shifting in favor of the Affordable Care Act. According to a new Gallup poll, 49 percent say that passage of the bill is a "good thing" versus 46 percent who say it's a "bad thing."
June 25, 2010 11:01 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gingrey Lies About Health Care Polling
June 23, 2010 4:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Continues Misleading Assault On Health Care Reform
June 23, 2010 4:40 pm ET filed under Fact Check
GOP Still Hypocritically Attacking Health Care Reform
Republicans have very few tenable solutions when it comes to dealing with the very real issues we confront. The loyal opposition has largely become contrarian for the sake of being so. The shortcomings of their own policies and their inability to get anything meaningful accomplished while they were in control are well documented. And so, they've spent the past 16 months attacking Democratic initiatives and proposals. Their hope is that Democrats will fail at policy just as they've done. For instance, the office of Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) released a new report today titled ObamaCare: Three Months of Broken Promises. It aims to discredit the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by showing how the first 90 days have yet to yield the promised results.
June 22, 2010 11:33 am ET filed under Blog
Sharron Angle Reaffirms Her Plan To Privatize — Or "Personalize" — Social Security
June 04, 2010 11:54 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Claims Job Growth Shows Need To Repeal The Affordable Care Act
May 26, 2010 11:18 am ET filed under Fact Check
GOP "Doctor's Caucus" Needs To Get Reacquainted With The Facts
While speaking on the House floor, Republican Reps. Paul Broun and John Fleming -- both doctors -- restated a litany of false charges and partisan distortions about the Affordable Care Act.
May 25, 2010 3:50 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Cantor Keeps Lying About Recovery Act, Health Care Reform
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor used an op-ed in Politico this morning to repeat GOP talking points on the Recovery Act and health care reform. Rep. Cantor thinks that if you repeat a lie enough, it becomes true. But the health care bill will reduce the deficit, and each monthly jobs report provides more evidence that the stimulus is working.
May 25, 2010 2:27 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. McConnell Slams Medicare Brochure As "Propaganda"
May 18, 2010 3:40 pm ET filed under Blog
RNC Misconstrues Speaker Pelosi's Comment On Jobs
May 18, 2010 10:38 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Bachmann Hypocritically Profits From "Socialized Medicine"
May 11, 2010 3:08 pm ET filed under Fact Check
WellPoint CEO Lies To President Obama
WellPoint CEO Angela Braly sent President Obama a letter accusing him of spreading "false information" about WellPoint's practice of rescinding (dropping) insurance coverage for breast cancer victims. Unfortunately for Ms. Braly, basic facts prove that she is the one who is lying.
May 07, 2010 3:28 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Tom Price: Americans Want Me To Take Away Their Medicare
April 27, 2010 5:54 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Gohmert: Health Care Bill Taxes Those Who Cannot Afford Insurance
April 27, 2010 5:42 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Carter Distorts Health Care Reform's Impact On State's Budgets
April 22, 2010 2:04 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert: Health Care Bill Will Tax The Working Poor Who Can't Afford Insurance
April 22, 2010 10:49 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gingrey Fits Four Lies Into A Single Minute
April 21, 2010 4:17 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Carter Distorts Health Care Reform's Impact On States' Budgets
April 21, 2010 1:21 pm ET filed under Blog
Top GOP Senate Candidate Lowden Favors "Chickens For Checkups" Health Care Plan
April 16, 2010 10:57 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Steve King: "There's Not One Single Part Of Obamacare" Worth Keeping
April 15, 2010 8:53 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Burton Lies About Foreign Praise Of Health Care Reform
April 15, 2010 12:46 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Republican Governors Association Repeats "16,500 New IRS Agents" Falsehood
In recent weeks, conservatives have spread the false claim that the federal government will hire "16,500 new IRS agents" to enforce the Affordable Care Act. Though the claim was debunked by independent fact checkers more than two weeks ago, the Republican Governors Association still peddles the myth, sending out an e-mail today with the subject line, "16500 New IRS Agents."
April 13, 2010 1:25 pm ET filed under Fact Check
You Lie! Rep. Joe Wilson Repeats "16,000 IRS Workers" Falsehood
In recent weeks, conservatives have spread the false claim that the federal government will hire "16,000 new IRS agents" to enforce the Affordable Care Act. Writing in The Daily Caller today, Rep. Joe Wilson became the latest GOP official to repeat this blatant lie, which has been thoroughly refuted by independent fact checkers.
