May 25, 2012 2:15 pm ET filed under Blog
Big Oil's Big Money Pays Off As Republicans Tour Nation On Their Behalf
January 24, 2012 10:23 am ET filed under Blog
The 27 Republican Bills That Aren't About Jobs
December 14, 2011 2:01 pm ET filed under Blog
House Republicans Try To Slash Unemployment Aid, Call It "Accountability"
December 08, 2011 10:43 am ET filed under Blog
GOP Leadership Promotes REINS Act With False Jobs-Deregulation Link
November 21, 2011 11:22 am ET filed under Blog
Why The Super Committee Was Destined To Fail
October 20, 2011 1:32 pm ET filed under Blog
Has Rep. McCarthy Ever Heard Of The Filibuster?
October 20, 2011 10:40 am ET filed under Video
GOP Whip McCarthy Suggests Cain Is Qualified For The Primary But Not The White House
From the October 20, 2011, edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
September 13, 2011 3:06 pm ET filed under Blog
Wrong: Rep. McCarthy Says "Three Quarters" Of Jobs Act Is "Failed" Stimulus
August 05, 2011 10:59 am ET filed under Fact Check
"Where Are The Jobs?" Republicans Cut Them
After pushing through a debt-ceiling increase deal comprised entirely of spending cuts, Republicans have returned to their "Where are the jobs?" messaging campaign. It is an ironic message given that Republicans have spent the 112th Congress insisting on spending cuts that will further undermine job creation. Following in the tradition of putting ideology ahead of the economy, Republicans threatened to let the United States default until they got a debt deal that included only spending cuts. The cuts in the bill could cost Americans another 1.8 million jobs next year and continue to hurt economic growth. Ultimately, when Republicans ask, "Where are the jobs?" they should ask themselves first.
August 01, 2011 10:01 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 31, 2011
August 01, 2011 9:45 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 31, 2011
Sunday's political talk shows focused exclusively on a possible debt ceiling increase deal being negotiated between the White House and congressional Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who appeared on two separate shows, repeated the false claim that the federal government does not have a revenue problem. In fact, revenues are at an all-time low. McConnell also made the misleading charge that corporate tax rates are among the highest in the world. On both State of the Union and Face the Nation, McConnell proposed adding a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, a provision that was included in a package passed by House Republicans last week. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the third-highest ranking Republican in the House, also defended the balanced budget amendment on Fox News Sunday, arguing that if a similar effort during the 1990s had been successful, the country would not be having a debt problem. McCarthy pointed to the fact that almost all states have an amendment or statute that requires them to balance their budgets. He failed to mention, however, that many states have been able to balance their budgets or deal with other shortfalls due to assistance from the federal government. Most importantly, a balanced budget amendment such as the one proposed by Republicans will make the task of balancing the budget more difficult by limiting the ability of legislators to increase revenue in the event of shortfalls.
July 29, 2011 5:20 pm ET filed under Video
Remember When Republicans Were Worried About Uncertainty?
As Republicans risk massive uncertainty for small businesses by playing chicken with the debt ceiling, Political Correction takes a look back at GOP leaders from the House and Senate bemoaning the risk of uncertainty for job creators in order to push the extension of the Bush tax cuts.
July 27, 2011 12:32 pm ET filed under Blog
Speaker Boehner's Debt Plan Will Definitely "Hurt Some People"
July 15, 2011 12:02 pm ET filed under Blog
Balanced Budget Amendment Requires Budget So Draconian Even The GOP Voted Against It
July 11, 2011 11:09 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 10, 2011
This week's Sunday political talk shows focused largely on the looming default crisis, with a chorus of Republican leaders singing the GOP talking points on the negotiations. In the wake of Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) reported rejection of President Obama's proposal of trillions in deficit reduction for an increase in the debt ceiling, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) dishonestly told Fox News Sunday viewers that "Nobody is talking about not raising the debt ceiling." Also on Fox, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) defended his demand for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution by misleadingly stating that 49 states are required to balance their budgets every year. On CNN, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) misrepresented Senate Democrats' proposal for lowering the debt and wrongly claimed that federal revenues went up as a result of the Bush tax cuts. And on NBC's Meet the Press, presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty unleashed a series of false attacks on President Obama's economic record.
May 04, 2011 2:22 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Fracking Hearing Follows $100,000+ From Frackers
May 04, 2011 1:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. McCarthy Follows Issa Playbook, Invites Donors To Talk To Congress
April 13, 2011 6:06 pm ET filed under Blog
Leading GOPers Offer Impassioned Support For Job-Creating Government Spending
April 12, 2011 11:42 am ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. McCarthy Claims New Medicare Plans Will Be "Exactly" Like Congress' Health Care
This morning on Fox News, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) adopted Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) talking point, claiming that the Medicare reform proposed in Rep. Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" will grant seniors access to health care plans "exactly" like those available to members of Congress. In reality, however, federal employees' health care plans are structured in a way that prevents rising health care costs from transferring to beneficiaries, while Ryan's Medicare reform proposal contains no such safeguards. Over time, rather than 'saving' Medicare, Ryan's proposal would force seniors to pay more and more of their costs out-of-pocket.
April 06, 2011 4:50 pm ET filed under Blog
Even House GOP Leaders Don't Take House GOP Budget Projections Seriously
January 26, 2011 10:27 am ET filed under Blog
Pretending To Answer Constituents, Reps Issa. & McCarthy Respond To Heritage Foundation Instead
November 29, 2010 2:24 pm ET filed under Blog
Why Republicans Are Wrong When They Say 'Nobody's Talking About Tax Cuts'
September 14, 2010 10:36 am ET filed under Video
Rep. Paul Ryan Can't Explain The Importance Of Tax Cuts
September 13, 2010 2:27 pm ET filed under Blog
"Young Guns," Old Ideas: GOP Puts New Faces On Failed Policies
September 13, 2010 2:19 pm ET filed under Fact Check
"Young Gun" Rep. Paul Ryan Lies About His "Roadmap For America's Future"
In their new book Young Guns, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) repeatedly mislead readers on Republican policy proposals. In his section of the book, Rep. Paul Ryan paints a deceptively rosy picture of his "Roadmap for America's Future." In reality, the plan will dismantle Social Security and Medicare, restrict access to health insurance, slash taxes for the wealthiest Americans, and raise taxes on working middle class families.
September 13, 2010 2:19 pm ET filed under Fact Check
"Young Guns" Miss The Target With Recovery Act Falsehoods
In their new book Young Guns, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) repeat the same old dishonest talking points about the Recovery Act. Cantor argues that the GOP's "alternative stimulus" would have created "twice the jobs at half the cost," while Ryan and McCarthy suggest that President Obama's bill "failed." In reality, the "twice the jobs" claim was based on a mathematical formula that Republicans admitted they didn't understand and the deficit would have remained nearly the same under the Republican proposal. Meanwhile, the Recovery Act has created millions of jobs, boosted GDP, and put American on the path to recovery.
September 13, 2010 2:18 pm ET filed under Fact Check
"Young Guns" Stick To "Government Takeover" Talking Points And "Rising Premiums" Deceptions
In their new book Young Guns, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) attack the Affordable Care Act using predictable and dishonest buzzwords. They repeatedly call it a "government takeover" or "government healthcare" that will inflate insurance costs. Rep. Ryan implicitly acknowledges that as written, the law will reduce the deficit — but he claims that won't happen because future lawmakers will lack the political will to enact its provisions. Despite their rhetoric, the fact remains that the Affordable Care Act will insure 10% of the country with just a 1% increase in health care spending (meaning the cost per unit of insurance will go down); premiums will hold steady or fall for most Americans; and we'll see a substantial increase in the amount of coverage people can purchase, all without a government takeover of health care.
September 13, 2010 2:17 pm ET filed under Fact Check
"Young Guns" Lie About Energy
In their new book Young Guns, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) repeat the same old dishonest talking points about clean energy legislation and the party's American Energy Act. Contrary to the trio'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.
August 16, 2010 10:18 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 15, 2010
August 16, 2010 10:00 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 15, 2010
As expected, several Republicans used their appearances on the Sunday shows as an opportunity to demagogue over the controversy involving a proposed Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from Ground Zero. Sen. John Cornyn falsely claimed that the project would be built on the site of Ground Zero, Rep. Peter King attacked the motives of the man heading the project and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, oblivious to the growing anti-Muslim sentiment within the conservative movement, claimed that the backlash against the project had to do with the sensitivities over Ground Zero and claimed that Americans would support such efforts if it were built elsewhere.
