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August 27, 2010 12:48 pm ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor's Health Care Repeal Ruse

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August 25, 2010 10:59 am ET filed under Blog

Gov. Bob McDonnell Continues To Mislead On Virginia's Budget Surplus

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August 23, 2010 3:35 pm ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor: GOP Majority Will Focus On "Aggressive Oversight" Of White House

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August 13, 2010 5:18 pm ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Sells More Tax Cut Myths

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August 12, 2010 10:26 am ET filed under Blog

Cantor On Ground Zero Mosque: Everyone Has Rights, "But Come On"

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August 04, 2010 5:20 pm ET filed under Blog

Ken Cuccinelli: Conservative Crusader

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August 04, 2010 5:13 pm ET filed under Fact Check

Ken Cuccinelli: Conservative Crusader

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has earned the media's attention and the Tea Party's adoration with his high-profile challenge to the Affordable Care Act and outspoken support for Arizona-style immigration laws.  Cuccinelli's status as Virginia's top lawyer, however, does not mean he should be considered a credible authority on legal issues.  Rather, he is a conservative true-believer, with a history of supporting far-right positions, whose political agenda and ambitions are clear.  Here is a brief summation of Cuccinelli's record.

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August 02, 2010 12:26 pm ET filed under Video

Rep. Cantor Reluctantly Admits Extending Bush Tax Cuts Will Increase Deficits

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August 02, 2010 12:12 pm ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Reluctantly Admits Extending Bush Tax Cuts Will Increase Deficits

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June 22, 2010 2:17 pm ET filed under Fact Check

Rep. Cantor Plays Politics With Troop Funding

In response to Gen. Stanley McChrystal's criticism of Obama administration officials in Rolling Stone, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) blasted Democrats for attaching domestic items to a troop funding bill.  In 2007, however, Cantor voted for a Bush war funding bill that included $17 billion in non-troop spending.

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June 17, 2010 11:04 am ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Contradicts GOP Lawmakers On BP Escrow Fund

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May 26, 2010 10:20 am ET filed under Blog

CBO: Recovery Act Has Created Up To 2.8 Million Jobs

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May 25, 2010 3:50 pm ET filed under Fact Check

Rep. Cantor Keeps Lying About Recovery Act, Health Care Reform

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor used an op-ed in Politico this morning to repeat GOP talking points on the Recovery Act and health care reform. Rep. Cantor thinks that if you repeat a lie enough, it becomes true. But the health care bill will reduce the deficit, and each monthly jobs report provides more evidence that the stimulus is working.

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May 19, 2010 9:27 am ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor's "YouCut" Aims To Slash Jobs Program

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April 19, 2010 12:38 pm ET filed under Blog

Another Republican Nod To The Confederacy?

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April 16, 2010 10:15 am ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Makes Things Up

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April 07, 2010 5:54 pm ET filed under Blog

Former Supporters Slam Gov. McDonnell Over Confederate History Month

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March 26, 2010 12:55 pm ET filed under Blog

FLASHBACK: Rep. Cantor Dismissed The Threat Of Violence Against Members Of Congress

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March 25, 2010 2:42 pm ET filed under Blog

RELEASE: "Republicans Created This Monster. It's Their Responsibility To Tame It."

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March 15, 2010 10:28 am ET filed under Fact Check

Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - March 14, 2010

On yesterday's political talk shows, Republican members of Congress repeated worn out obstructionist talking points about health care reform.  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spread lies about the use of reconciliation and falsely equated it to the Republicans' attempt to change Senate rules in 2005.  Flying in the face of the facts, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) falsely claimed the plan would cut Medicare benefits, raise premiums, and increase the deficit.

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March 11, 2010 6:12 pm ET filed under Blog

Bigoted Virginia Republicans Protest Muslim Imam At State Capitol

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March 02, 2010 4:42 pm ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Criticizes Obama For Accepting Republican Ideas

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March 01, 2010 9:18 am ET filed under Fact Check

Fact Checking the Sunday Shows - February 28, 2010

On yesterday's political talk shows, Republican Senators Jon Kyl (AZ), John McCain (AZ), and Lamar Alexander (TN) along with Representatives Paul Ryan (WI), Marsha Blackburn (TN), and Eric Cantor (VA) repeated countless false talking points about Democratic health care reform proposals.

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February 28, 2010 12:23 pm ET filed under Video

Rep. Cantor Says The GOP Wants "More People Uninsured"

Freudian slip?

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February 10, 2010 12:35 pm ET filed under Blog

President Obama Rejects GOP's Definition Of Bipartisanship

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February 09, 2010 9:39 am ET filed under Fact Check

Reps. Boehner & Cantor Falsely Claim Health Care Bills Would Kill Jobs

On February 8, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor wrote a letter to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel falsely claiming current health care reform legislation would kill jobs. In reality, the bills in front of Congress could create up to 400,000 jobs.

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February 08, 2010 2:16 pm ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Explicitly Rejects Bipartisan Compromise On Health Care

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January 28, 2010 4:11 pm ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Struggles To Defend GOP's Refusal To Compromise

The State of the Union didn't change a thing.  In Republican-land, "bipartisanship" has nothing to do with compromise.

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January 20, 2010 4:09 pm ET filed under Blog

GOP Calls On Dems To Move To Center, But Will They Meet Halfway?

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January 12, 2010 11:52 am ET filed under Blog

Rep. Cantor Fumbles His Football Analogy

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