December 14, 2011 5:51 pm ET filed under Blog
Speaker Boehner Doesn’t Get ‘Stressed’ Over His Dead-End Legislation
December 12, 2011 10:17 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - December 11, 2011
December 12, 2011 9:59 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - December 11, 2011
This week's Sunday political talk shows saw a major focus on the debate over the payroll tax cut extension. On Face the Nation, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) attacked President Obama and "Newt Romney" — a name for Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney she came up with during Saturday's debate — over the payroll tax cut, saying there's no evidence the cut helped create jobs. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called the tax cut an 'emergency measure' and said it wouldn't be necessary if President Obama's "failed" policies hadn't resulted in a higher deficit and jobless rates. McConnell, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), also pushed for the Keystone Pipeline using discredited job creation numbers.
November 21, 2011 4:20 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Kills No-Cost Climate Measure For No Good Reason
November 09, 2011 1:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Gingrich Tries To Have His Global Warming Cake And Eat It Too
October 31, 2011 11:02 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert: "We're Not As Warm As It Was When Greenland Was Really Green"
July 26, 2011 2:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Pandering To Anti-Science Republicans, Gingrich Misrepresents His Own Comments
June 29, 2011 10:44 am ET filed under Blog
Pawlenty: "Science" Proves Climate Change Is "Caused By Natural Causes"
May 03, 2011 1:22 pm ET filed under Blog
Speaker Boehner's New Energy Policy Advisor Is A Global Warming Denier
February 02, 2011 1:28 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Mark Kirk Blames His Anti-Science Evolution On Al Gore
February 02, 2011 10:34 am ET filed under Blog
House GOP Bill Will Prevent EPA From Doing Its Job
January 27, 2011 11:49 am ET filed under Blog
Despite Heavy Snowfall, 2010 Was The Warmest Year On Record
August 23, 2010 3:11 pm ET filed under Blog
Ron Johnson: "There's A Reason Greenland Was Called Greenland"
June 21, 2010 12:55 pm ET filed under Blog
Does Sen. Murkowski Really Understand Clean Energy Policy?
June 21, 2010 10:54 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows — June 20, 2010
On Sunday, Republicans struggled to deflect attention from Rep. Joe Barton's (R-TX) ridiculous apology to BP. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ludicrously suggested that President Obama has taken so much money from BP that he is more likely than the GOP to side with Big Oil — which has given Republicans $188 million since 1990. McConnell and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) each claimed that Barton's comments are not the Republican position, but the 114-member Republican Study Committee has expressed similar concerns. Elsewhere, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) proved that she doesn't understand the basics of cap-and-trade by calling that system of economic incentives a "command-and-control type of system."
June 15, 2010 3:51 pm ET filed under Blog
American Power Act Lowers Energy Costs, Creates Jobs
June 14, 2010 1:14 pm ET filed under Blog
After Groveling To Hannity, Fiorina Says She's Too Focused "On Issues" To Apologize To Boxer
June 14, 2010 10:11 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows — June 13, 2010
On Sunday, Carly Fiorina advanced her Senate campaign with a series of false Republican talking points about border security and her own background. Fiorina misrepresented her tenure at Hewlett-Packard, and lied about President Obama's funding for border security and the recently-departed head of the Minerals Management Service. House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence called the Obama administration's handling of the gulf oil disaster "slow." A timeline shows that claim is false. And since it wouldn't be Sunday without a Republican voice misrepresenting the Recovery Act, Rep. Pence pretended the package did not cut taxes (it did) and that it is not turning the economy around (it is).
June 10, 2010 1:38 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Barrasso Uses The Oil Spill As A Reason To Block EPA Regulations
June 09, 2010 2:50 pm ET filed under Blog
[UPDATED] Steele Exploits Gulf Oil Spill — "The One Thing You Don't Really Want Politicized" — For Political Gain
June 07, 2010 12:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Alabama Mayor Can't Decide If His Beaches Are Clean
June 03, 2010 12:18 pm ET filed under Blog
Ad Check: Carly Fiorina Mocks Climate Threat As "Weather"
May 13, 2010 2:28 pm ET filed under Fact Check
The American Power Act Is Good For America
On May 12, 2010, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) unveiled clean energy legislation that will create jobs, increase security, and put America on the path to energy independence. At a time marked by economic uncertainty and threats to our safety, the American Power Act provides the solutions we need.
April 22, 2010 10:49 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gingrey Fits Four Lies Into A Single Minute
April 22, 2010 10:36 am ET filed under Fact Check
Hyping New Book, CEI's Chris Horner Routinely Uses "Facts" Debunked 7 Months Ago
Promoting a new book, the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Chris Horner has written a series of blog posts on conservative websites. Each one cites a cap-and-trade cost estimate snatched from a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents recovered analyzed a policy not included in any clean energy bill proposed in Congress, rendering them meaningless. In fact, CEI's claims were widely debunked in September 2009.
April 19, 2010 2:12 pm ET filed under Fact Check
In Tea Party Flier, FreedomWorks Spreads Clean Energy Lies
During the Tax Day protests in Washington, Dick Armey's FreedomWorks passed out misleading fliers lying to Tea Partiers about clean energy legislation. Despite FreedomWorks' false claims, investing in clean energy would boost America's economy by $111 billion and create up to 1.9 million jobs.
April 09, 2010 4:19 pm ET filed under Blog
Palin Stresses Danger Of Foreign Oil & Attacks Policies Designed To Reduce Dependence On It
April 08, 2010 9:43 am ET filed under Fact Check
Oil Giant Valero Falsely Attacks Clean Energy Bills
In an April 8, 2010 article in the New York Times, a spokesman for Valero Energy Corporation falsely claimed clean energy legislation would hurt consumers and kill jobs. In reality, investing in clean energy would boost America's economy by $111 billion and create up to 1.9 million jobs.
April 01, 2010 3:13 pm ET filed under Blog
New Fuel Efficiency Standards Will Save $65 billion, Reduce Vehicle Emissions 21%
