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- 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 […]
- Orrin Hatch: The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Hatch says Senate health care bill is longer than 'War and Peace' They are both epic works of literature. One begins like this:"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infa […]
- Chain e-mail: Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Chain e-mail claims Obama closed offshore tax safe havens We got a chain e-mail recently that purports to list 90 accomplishments from President Barack Obama's first six months in office. Unlike most chain e-mails we get, this one was signed by its author, Robert Watson, a professor of American Studies at Lynn Univers […]
- Chain e-mail: Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Chain e-mail claims Obama has visited more countries in first six months of presidency than predecessors We got a chain e-mail recently that purports to list 90 accomplishments from President Barack Obama's first six months in office. Unlike most chain e-mails we check out, this one was signed by its author, Robert Watson, […]
- Ed Rendell: A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Rendell says small businesses receiving health insurance subsidies couldn't offer plans that cover abortion An amendment to the House health care bill continues to inspire political passions, driving a wedge between abortion-rights supporters who are outraged at what they consider a major loss for women's right […]
- Ron Wyden: In the House health care bill, "Something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option."The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Wyden mistakenly lowballs number of people eligible for public option The House health care bill, with its exchanges, public option and nearly 2,000 pages of densely worded text, isn't the easiest thing to comprehend. So it's not surprising that even a senator with years of experience in health care policy can make a […]
- America's Natural Gas Alliance: The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
- Sarah Palin: "Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Palin claims Reagan faced a worse recession than Obama It's no secret that Republicans love Ronald Reagan. So it's no surprise to see Sarah Palin, in her new book Going Rogue: An American Life, burnishing the reputation of the Gipper -- and taking a shot at the current president while she's at it."Our natio […]
- John Boehner: Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
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- Health care bill or 'War & Peace' -- which is longer?They are both epic works of literature. One begins like this:"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist—I really believe he is Antichrist—I will have nothing […]
- A chain e-mail full of praiseWe got a chain e-mail recently that purports to list 90 accomplishments from President Barack Obama's first six months in office. Honestly, most of the chain e-mails we get are of the anti-Obama variety. This one is decidedly positive. It also breaks with the tradition of all-capital letters, liberal use of exclamation points and, in a serious breach of […]
- Abortion and the Stupak amendment, cont'd.An amendment to the House health care bill continues to inspire political passions, driving a wedge between abortion-rights supporters who are outraged at what they consider a major loss for women's rights, and Democratic lawmakers who fear seeing their long-awaited health care reform effort stalled due to the debate.The amendment -- a last-minute addit […]
- Fact-checking new claims in the Sarah Palin bookWhen Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska before her first term was over, her father said she wasn’t quitting the public stage. “Sarah’s not retreating,” he said. “She’s reloading!” Her new book Going Rogue: An American Life shows she has plenty of ammunition. Palin settles scores with the media and Republican […]
- Fact-checking Sarah Palin as she goes 'Rogue'UPDATE: Nov. 16, 2009 We've gotten an early copy of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, and will be putting it to the Truth-O-Meter over the next few days. So far we've examined the following claims, which were similar to items we've published previously: * Palin is correct that when he was a candidate, Barack Obama said his cap and trade pl […]
- Are they vaccinating detainees at Gitmo?
- Counting votes on abortionRep. Loretta Sanchez, who favors abortion rights, said that "progressives are really angry" because they believe poor women should have the choice to get an abortion if they want one. "On the other hand, we have to acknowledge that the House of Representatives is not a majority prochoice," Sanchez said. "And I've told that to a […]
- Health promises stallThe debate over health care reform has revealed a couple of promises that we missed when we were compiling our Obameter database. One involves Obama's promise to Planned Parenthood in 2007 that reproductive health care will "be at the heart" of his reform plan. A week ago, we probably would have rated that In the Works. But after the House app […]
- Health care reform and the abortion amendment
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- Health care bill or 'War & Peace' -- which is longer?
