January 06, 2012 4:23 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Guinta Illustrates Why It's Getting Harder And Harder For GOP To Spin Jobs Numbers
August 23, 2011 3:00 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Guinta "Not Familiar" With Right-Wing Group Spending Big Money In NH
July 07, 2011 4:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Ayotte Prefers Ineffective Military Tribunals Because We "Don't Have To Worry" About Security Costs
June 13, 2011 10:01 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - June 12, 2011
June 13, 2011 9:43 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - June 12, 2011
Sunday saw multiple GOPers blaming President Obama for job losses that are rightly blamed on President Bush's recession and pretending that Obama policies haven't started to turn the job market around. Republicans have never stopped misleading people about the impact of the Recovery Act, but ignoring two million new private-sector jobs since February 2010 is shameless. Presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) each offered one jobs lie or another. Pawlenty claimed that tax cuts pay for themselves (they don't), that President Obama is "out of ideas" on economic and entitlement issues (false), that we "have to" cut Social Security (nope), that the Affordable Care Act cut $500 billion from Medicare (wrong again), and that he didn't really leave a $6 billion deficit behind at the end of his term as Governor of Minnesota (nice try). Meanwhile, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) falsely claimed on CBS that the GOP Medicare plan doesn't affect current seniors, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) told CNN that ending oil subsidies will increase gas prices, and Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH) told CNN that the debt ceiling deadline isn't real because "the global economy will understand" if we default.
April 20, 2011 11:55 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Guinta's Shifting Narrative On Entitlements
September 22, 2010 11:44 am ET filed under Blog
Senate Republicans Block The Voices Of A Majority Of Americans, Blame Democrats
August 19, 2010 1:43 pm ET filed under Blog
Kelly Ayotte: Deficit Is "The Biggest Threat," So Let's Increase It!
July 27, 2010 2:53 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Johanns Defends GOP's Assault On The Unemployed
July 13, 2010 11:33 am ET filed under Blog
New Hampshire Candidate Running On "Pro-White" Platform
April 20, 2010 3:47 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Gregg Applauds Provision In Wall Street Bill, Professes It "Does End Too Big To Fail"
February 04, 2010 3:34 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Gregg Forgets His Past With Reconciliation
In a February 4, 2010 "ideas piece" in Politico, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-UT) once again feigned disdain at the possibility of using the budget reconciliation process to help Americans gain access to quality health care. Yet, as Media Matters Action Network has previously noted, Sen. Gregg was the Senate's leading proponent of the maneuver just a few short years ago.
October 16, 2009 10:28 am ET filed under Fact Check
Once Again, Sen. Gregg Shows Complete Reversal On Reconciliation
On October 16, 2009, Sen. Judd Gregg once again feigned disdain at the possibility of using the budget reconciliation process to help Americans gain access to quality health care. Yet, as Media Matters Action Network has previously noted, Sen. Gregg was the Senate's leading proponent of the maneuver just a few short years ago
September 09, 2009 1:35 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Gregg Calls Reconciliation "Bastardization Of The Legislative Process"
August 26, 2009 3:45 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Gregg Changes His Tune On Reconciliation
On August 26, 2009, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) claimed Democrats "will basically shoot themselves in the foot" if they use budget reconciliation to pass health care. However in 2005, Sen. Gregg was an ardent defender of Republican efforts to use budget reconciliation.
April 28, 2009 12:31 pm ET filed under Fact Check
In His Own Words: Sen. Gregg On Reconciliation
On April 28, 2009, Sen. Judd Gregg took to the floor of the Senate to criticize Democrats for considering the use of the budget reconciliation process to bring much needed change to America's health care system. Yet in 2005, Gregg repeatedly defended the Republican Party's usage of reconciliation to 'cram' Bush's agenda down the country's throat.
