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April 17, 2008
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The Truth-o-Meter says: False | $6,800 for cap and trade not a CBO estimate Critics of the Democratic cap-and-trade proposal have many complaints about the plan, but their biggest is cost. They say it will cost so much that it will be a significant burden on a typical American family. The latest variation of this comes in a chain e-mail that contends the cap […]
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- Jeff Miller: "Although Democrats represent only 10 of Florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds."The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Recovery.gov assigns statewide education jobs to one congressional district The Obama administration has promoted its Web site Recovery.gov as a bold new step in government transparency and a convenient way for voters to see that the economic stimulus program is working. Some Republicans say the site is a bunch of unreli […]
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- Chain e-mail: Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.
- John Boehner: Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Boehner claims that the Senate health care bill includes an abortion fee Republicans have found another flaw in the health care bill: They say Democrats are trying to impose a monthly abortion fee on anyone enrolled in the public health care option."Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill […]
- Mike Enzi: The Senate health care bill "would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage."The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Sen. Mike Enzi says Senate health care bill will leave 24 million uninsured Republican Sen. Mike Enzi, whom Democrats had once hoped to woo for bipartisan support of a health care bill, attacked the version put forth on Nov. 18, 2009, by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Like the Pelosi bill, the Reid bill is gove […]
- Joe Lieberman: If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | The public option was not discussed much during the campaign Democrats hoping to pass health care legislation through the Senate need 60 votes to begin consideration of the bill and, ultimately, to pass it. That means every Democrat and the two independents who generally vote with them need to approve. One of those indep […]
- Chain e-mail: "The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year."
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- Another chain e-mail, another Pants on Fire
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