February 29, 2012 11:54 am ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Attack On Iran Could Result In Attacks Here
September 22, 2011 2:52 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Senators Falsely Claim Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Is "Crushing" States
June 30, 2011 10:30 am ET filed under Blog
Coburn/Lieberman Medicare Cuts Win Support From Activist Who Wants To 'Drown Government In The Bathtub'
June 28, 2011 4:27 pm ET filed under Blog
Coburn/Lieberman Plan Cuts Medicare To Pay For Tax Cuts For The Wealthy
June 28, 2011 3:18 pm ET filed under Blog
Coburn/Lieberman Plan To Raise Retirement Age Hits Lower-Income Workers Hardest
June 15, 2011 11:58 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Coburn Interested In Counterproductive Lieberman Plan To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age And Premiums
March 15, 2011 3:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Peter Schiff Compares Miniscule Tax Hike On Top Earners To 'Getting Raped'
October 25, 2010 7:19 pm ET filed under Ad Check
AAN's Bogus Attack On Health Care Reform Is A Complete "Mess"
Norm Coleman's American Action Network has set the standard for deceptive advertising this election season, and the organization's latest ad against Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is no exception. In attacking Murphy's support of the Affordable Care Act, AAN's attacks range from the ludicrous to the flat-out false. Contrary to AAN's assertions, the law does not provide "free health care for illegal immigrants," "jail time for anyone without coverage," or $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. Likewise, AAN's attempts to scare voters about higher premiums and increased government intervention ring hollow.
October 19, 2010 4:30 pm ET filed under Blog
Right-Wing CT Attorney General Candidate Uses Confederate Apologist To Defend Nullification Views
October 15, 2010 7:51 pm ET filed under Ad Check
American Action Network Tries To Turn Health Care Reform On Its Head
American Action Network's falsehood-laden ad tries to convince voters that Reps. Charlie Wilson (D-OH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) have done damage to the American health care system by voting in favor of the Affordable Care Act. In reality, the health care reform law improves access to and quality of health care for millions of Americans, including seniors, without cutting Medicare. The ad's claim that "illegal immigrants" will be provided with free health care is an outright lie, as is the claim that the law provides Viagra for sex offenders. The latter is the result of a ploy by Sen. Tom Coburn designed to make Democrats look bad.
September 30, 2010 3:01 pm ET filed under Blog
Multimillionaire Linda McMahon Open To Lowering The Minimum Wage
September 27, 2010 10:05 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 26, 2010
September 27, 2010 10:02 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 26, 2010
Sunday's political talk shows didn't feature anything new as GOP Pledge Week wrapped up. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Tea Party Senate favorite Ken Buck (R-CO) each suggested in separate appearances that cutting rich people's taxes helps the economy by spurring investment (it does not). Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) misled Face the Nation viewers about the impact of the Recovery Act (which helped the economy start growing again, despite what he says). Meanwhile, Senate hopeful Marco Rubio (R-FL) exaggerated the effect of the Arizona legislature's follow-on legislation that supposedly prevents racial profiling in the hunt for illegal immigrants. In reality, however, the add-on legislation was a cosmetic measure designed to expand profiling opportunities to include municipal ordinance violations.
September 20, 2010 10:50 am ET filed under Ad Check
Linda McMahon Attacks Richard Blumenthal With Clean Energy Lies
In a new ad attacking Richard Blumenthal, Linda McMahon's Senate campaign repeats a slew of lies about legislation increasing America's investment in clean energy. Contrary to McMahon's false claims, investing in clean energy would boost America's economy by $111 billion and create up to 1.9 million jobs. And at a time when Americans are seeking new solutions to rebuild our economy and break our dependence on foreign energy sources, House Republicans have proposed the failed policies pursued by President Bush.
September 14, 2010 2:09 pm ET filed under Blog
Lieberman Hypocritically Doubles Down On Tax Cuts For The Rich
September 14, 2010 1:53 pm ET filed under Video
Lieberman Hypocritically Doubles Down On Tax Cuts For The Rich
September 13, 2010 4:27 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Lieberman Echoes Gingrich, Ignores Facts On Bush Tax Cuts
December 14, 2009 5:37 pm ET filed under Video
Sen. Lieberman Opposes A Plan He Proposed Three Months Ago
During a December 13, 2009 appearance on Face the Nation, Sen. Joe Lieberman spoke out against allowing those 55 and up to buy into Medicare. Yet he proposed that very plan just three short months ago.
December 14, 2009 5:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen Lieberman's Donors Benefit From Obstruction
December 10, 2009 6:09 pm ET filed under Blog
Bipartisan Climate Action & Energy Independence Framework: Better Jobs, Cleaner Air
August 20, 2009 9:46 am ET filed under Fact Check
ATR vs. Reality: Green Jobs in Connecticut
Americans for Tax Reform claims Waxman-Markey will hurt Connecticut. In reality, an increased investment in clean energy technology would create 17,000 Connecticut jobs.
