January 27, 2012 11:01 am ET filed under Blog
The 5.6 Million Reasons Behind GOP Senators' Letter To Obama
January 25, 2012 5:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. DeMint: GOP Needs To Appeal To Income Tax-Paying Americans "Who Are Working And Know Better"
January 20, 2012 9:56 am ET filed under Blog
Immigration, Tax Returns And Open Marriage Take Center Stage At GOP Debate
January 19, 2012 11:35 am ET filed under Video
Rep. Gohmert: NLRB Acting Like "Caesars, Kings, Czars, Emperors, Pharaohs" In South Carolina
From a January 18, 2012, appearance by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives:
January 19, 2012 10:20 am ET filed under Video
Rep. Wilson: South Carolina Is "Under Assault" Because The Administration Was "Trying To Close The Boeing Plant"
From a January 19, 2012, appearance by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) on MSNBC's The Daily Rundown:
January 17, 2012 10:29 am ET filed under Blog
In Debate, GOP Candidates Have Little Sympathy For The Jobless
January 16, 2012 9:57 pm ET filed under Video
Gov. Perry: Texas Is "Under Assault"; "South Carolina Is At War" With Obama Administration
From the January 16, 2012, Fox News/Wall Street Journal GOP primary debate in Myrtle Beach:
January 13, 2012 3:56 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. DeMint: Welfare Caused Rise In Unwed Births
January 12, 2012 10:36 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. DeMint's Sports Simile Falls Short
January 05, 2012 2:46 pm ET filed under Blog
Mitt Romney Revives Lies About NLRB In New Campaign Ad
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.
December 09, 2011 1:00 pm ET filed under Blog
NPR Blasts A Hole In GOP's "Intuitive" Opposition To Millionaires' Surtax
November 29, 2011 12:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Republican Obstructionism May Reduce NLRB "To A Shell"
November 10, 2011 11:58 am ET filed under Video
Sen. DeMint Pushes Bogus Christmas Tree Tax Claim Against President Obama
From a November 10, 2011, appearance by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) on Fox News' America's Newsroom:
November 02, 2011 10:56 am ET filed under Blog
GOP Rep. Duncan Compares Illegal Immigrants To 'Vagrants' And 'Animals'
October 24, 2011 9:46 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - October 23, 2011
October 24, 2011 9:40 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - October 23, 2011
This week's Sunday political talk shows focused primarily on national security, with the shows' Republican guests universally condemning the administration's announcement late last week that the remaining American troops would withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. In the process of trashing President Obama's record on foreign policy on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) found time to suggest that trying terrorist suspects in civilian courts was unprecedented and dangerous, even though the Bush administration successfully prosecuted a number of prominent terrorists in federal courts, which tend to hand down stricter sentences than military commissions. Later on the same show, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) misrepresented President Ronald Reagan's legacy when she explained that her economic policy proposal "takes a page out of Ronald Reagan's blueprint," which she claimed created an "economic miracle" in the 1980s. On State of the Union, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) focused on economic falsehoods, attacking proposals to tax income over $1 million by inflating the number of small businesses affected and suggesting falsely that the American people don't support such a plan. He continued misinforming the audience, suggesting their biggest concern is over-reguation despite strong evidence that lack of demand is a much more pressing issue.
October 19, 2011 4:30 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. DeMint Slips Anti-Choice Amendment Into Agricultural Bill
September 30, 2011 1:30 pm ET filed under Blog
House Oversights - Week of September 25
September 26, 2011 10:09 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 25, 2011
September 26, 2011 9:50 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 25, 2011
This week's Sunday talk shows saw Republicans sloppily blaming President Obama wholesale for America's economic woes. On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) used his bully pulpit to claim President Obama made "every problem" he inherited from Bush's failed economic polices "much worse." On Face the Nation, RNC Chair Reince Priebus took the same tack by claiming DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz couldn't "point to one economic statistic in this country that Barack Obama has made better." Graham also absurdly claimed that cuts to the defense department triggered if the super committee fails to reach a compromise would "destroy the Defense Department." And on State of the Union, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) struggled to absolve the Tea Party of blame for a third budgetary standoff in the House, instead accusing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) instead of 'manufacturing a crisis.'
September 23, 2011 9:03 am ET filed under Blog
One Year Later, The Affordable Care Act's Consumer Protections Are Working
September 22, 2011 2:52 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Senators Falsely Claim Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Is "Crushing" States
September 21, 2011 10:36 pm ET filed under Fact Check
What Happened To The Republican Consensus On Climate Change?
In May right-wing activist Marc Morano said Republican candidates "can believe in the science of global warming ... if you keep your mouth shut about it and you advocate no quote-unquote solution to the problem." By contrast, the following statements show that in previous years, prominent Republicans spoke about both the robust body of evidence indicating that human activities are changing the climate and the need to address the problem. While the political discourse has since regressed, the scientific consensus has not.
September 21, 2011 1:18 pm ET filed under Video
Sen. Graham Ignores The Main Reason For Weak Hiring
From the September 20, 2011, episode of Freedom Watch on Fox Business:
September 21, 2011 11:54 am ET filed under Blog
GOP Alternate Reality: Sen. Graham Ignores The Main Reason For Weak Hiring
September 19, 2011 9:51 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 18, 2011
September 19, 2011 9:32 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 18, 2011
This week's Sunday political talk shows saw a litany of standard GOP untruths. On CNN, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) repeated the favorite false Republican talking point of late: that businesses aren't hiring because of "uncertainty." He was joined in his lie by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and presidential candidate Herman Cain, both of whom appeared on Fox News Sunday. Both Cain and Ryan also revived an old piece of misinformation — that raising taxes on top earners would disproportionately harm small businesses — which was echoed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). For his part, Graham misrepresented the public's opinion on taxing the wealthy, and absurdly claimed that "everything" — including unemployment — is worse because of President Obama's policies. Ryan dredged up some old lies about the House-passed GOP budget's effects on Medicare, which it would essentially destroy, and then falsely claimed that the Affordable Care Act's Independent Payment Advisory Board puts bureaucrats in charge of "rationing."
September 06, 2011 11:41 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. DeMint: "A Lot" Of Unemployed Americans Don't Want To Work
