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The ‘Obamaquester’
The Line: “The president’s sequester.” The Party: Republican Editor’s note: This is the first of an occasional series called “Party Lines” that will highlight misleading talking points by both...
View ArticlePaying People to Play Video Games
House Speaker John Boehner tweets that the Obama administration is spending $1.2 million “paying people to play video games.” That’s misleading. The government did pay $1.2 million for university...
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Boehner’s Revenue Reach
House Speaker John Boehner claimed the federal government will take in more revenue this year than any other year in history. That’s true in nominal dollars, but not as a percentage of gross domestic...
View ArticleThe Sequester Blame Game
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner emerged from their White House meeting on sequestration blaming each other for the automatic spending cuts and misrepresenting the other side’s...
View ArticleDemocrats Distort Vote on Climate Change
A Democratic video says 240 House members “voted in 2011 that climate change was a ‘hoax.’ ” Not exactly. The 2011 vote was ultimately a referendum on who should set climate change policy — the...
View ArticleGOP Mistweets #Obamacare Survey Results
House Speaker John Boehner, among other Republicans, wrongly tweeted that a recent “study” found “74% of small businesses will fire workers, cut hours under #Obamacare.” Actually, no more than 13...
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‘Record Revenues’
The Line: The federal government will “collect more revenue in 2013 than ever before.” The Party: Republican It is true that the government will collect more revenues than ever in raw dollars, but not...
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Boehner and the Medical Device Tax
House Speaker John Boehner exaggerated when he said the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax in the Affordable Care Act “is costing us tens of thousands of jobs that are being shipped overseas.” It’s...
View ArticleSpinning ENDA
House Speaker John Boehner announced his opposition to a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity with a statement from his spokesman saying the...
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Boehner vs. Castro on the Exchange
House Speaker John Boehner says his premiums will double, and his deductible will triple, under the Affordable Care Act. That’s true, but it is misleading to compare Boehner with the “many Americans...
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