Recently we have received several emails from unknown individuals in regards to opportunities to partner with Women-owned businesses in order to be more attractive to government agencies and ultimately increase sales.
As we do not post comments from “unknown” individuals, those posts were discarded.
However, the 8-PAC position on this topic is as follows:
We support legitimately partnering [...]
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- GOP senator freezes health care debate
- POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: December 17, 2009
- GOP senator freezes health care debate
- Flurry of last-minute action in the House
- Nelson reviewing new abortion language
- Palin fires back at Schwarzenegger
- Landrieu to support health care reform bill
- South Carolina panel votes against impeaching Sanford
- Pawlenty heads to important presidential primary state
- Key groups push for Senate health care bill
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- Integrative Medicine: Treat the Person, Not Just the Disease
- Americans Taking Energy Efficient Steps to Save Money
- Obama Approval by Party Not Atypical
- Americans React to Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy
- Job Creation Boost in the South
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- Weekly Economic Insights: Little Holiday Inspiration
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- PolitiFact.com statements
- Tom Harkin: "Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Harkin repeats claim that 14,000 people lose health insurance daily During a Senate floor speech on Dec. 13, 2009, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, repeated a talking point that Democrats -- including President Barack Obama -- have cited frequently as evidence that the nation needs to pass a major health care reform bill. "Today […]
- Barack Obama: "We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Obama says Congressional Budget Office found the economic stimulus has created up to 1.6 million jobs The number of jobs created by the massive and controversial economic stimulus package championed by President Barack Obama has been the subject of intense partisan debate for months. Obama and other administration official […]
- James Inhofe: The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Inhofe claims that e-mails 'debunk' science behind climate change The newest tool in climate skeptics' arsenal: a series of hacked e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit, a branch of the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.The correspondence, which was stolen from CRU's server sometime around N […]
- Sarah Palin: "President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Proposals allow emerging economies more carbon emissions On Day 2 of the climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin decided to weigh in. Her op-ed, published in the Dec. 9, 2009, edition of the Washington Post, enumerated her concerns about a series of e-mails that skeptics say show disagreement over t […]
- Rush Limbaugh: A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Limbaugh says unemployment drop was skewed by Thanksgiving holiday On his Dec. 8, 2009, radio show, conservative host Rush Limbaugh mocked President Barack Obama's claim that the job market is stabilizing.Limbaugh played a tape of Obama giving a speech on the economy and jobs earlier that morning at the Brookings Institut […]
- Eugene Robinson: The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."
- Mike Pence: "To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Pence says Democrats' plan to spend TARP money on economic stimulus is unlawful In a speech at the Brookings Institution on Dec. 8, 2009, President Barack Obama proposed a whole new batch of economic stimulus initiatives -- everything from tax breaks for small businesses to investments in roads, bridges and other infr […]
- Bobby Jindal: "I'm predicting (the Saints) will go not only undefeated, but all the way through the Super Bowl -- something that's never been done before."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Gov. Jindal predicts Saints will be first to go undefeated and win Super Bowl After the New Orleans Saints squeaked by with an overtime win over the hapless Washington Redskins on Dec. 6, 2009, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was apparently feeling pretty confident about his undefeated Saints. "I'm predicting we'll […]
- Glenn Beck: Labor union president Andy Stern is "the most frequent visitor" at the White House.The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Beck says labor leader is most frequent White House visitor Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck recently found another rhetorical weapon to use against President Barack Obama: White House visitor logs.In a Dec. 3, 2009, broadcast, Beck decried that Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, appears more times […]
- Barack Obama: When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Obama said reporters didn't ask questions on the issues, but they did At a jobs summit at the White House on Dec. 3, President Barack Obama closed his remarks with criticism of the media and the political culture in Washington, D.C. Obama was responding to comments from the chairman and CEO of Ethan Allen, a furniture com […]
- Tom Harkin: "Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage."
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- Obama's campaign promises: An updateAs the first year of President Barack Obama's presidency draws to a close, we at PolitiFact have been keeping close tabs on his campaign promises. About two-thirds of his 514 campaign promises tracked by the Obameter have been rated for progress. We expect those ratings to change as we follow promises through Obama's term, but we think the ratings […]
- There's no safety in jobless numbersWith the economy still a top concern for voters, we look at two statements from Democrats on jobs and health insurance. President Barack said, "We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act." We rated his statement Half True; read about the important context t […]
- Climate change e-mails and CopenhagenFor climate change skeptics, the timing could not have been better.Just weeks before world leaders were slated to meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to discuss a plan to lower global greenhouse gas emissions, a cache of hacked e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit, a branch of the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, were posted on the Internet. Acco […]
- Vote now for 'Lie of the Year'!You've heard of the Person of the Year and the Sportsman of the Year -- get ready for PolitiFact's Lie of the Year.For our year-in-review coverage, PolitiFact soon will be announcing our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2009. Our staff is examining the claims we've rated False or Pants on Fire and will be choosing the one t […]
- TARP money, the stimulus and the lawPresident Barack Obama proposed a new batch of economic stimulus initiatives -- tax breaks for small businesses and investments in roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects -- and said the programs could be paid for thanks to new forecasts on the cost of last fall's bailout of financial institutions, otherwise known as the Troubled Asset Relief P […]
- Union chief visits Obama more than Hillary? Nope.In a Dec. 3, 2009, broadcast, Glenn Beck decried that Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, appears more times in a White House visitor log release than anyone else."You've got to ask yourself what the hell happened to this country," Beck said. "If I would have told you instead that the most frequent visitor of th […]
- Checking facts on AfghanistanPresident Barack Obama announced an increase in troops for Afghanistan this week, renewing debate on a complicated area of American foreign policy. We looked into a few different facts we heard during the discussion. Rep. John Murtha criticized the buildup, saying the United States would have more troops in Afghanistan than Russia did during the 1980s. We fo […]
- Obameter finds more promises Stalled
- Beck wrong on Cabinet's private sector experience
- Was Ronald Reagan a Republican?To enforce ideological purity, a proposal before the Republican National Committee would deny party funding to any GOP candidate who bucks the party's stance on at least three items from a 10-point checklist of issues. Keith Olbermann, the liberal host of Countdown on MSNBC, told viewers that the resolution would have effectively blackballed Ronald Reag […]
- Obama's campaign promises: An update
