July 21, 2011 4:09 pm ET filed under Blog
No, "Everyone Else" In America Does Not "Abide By A Balanced Budget Requirement"
July 21, 2011 3:43 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Jordan: Washington Is "The Only Entity" Without A "Balanced Budget Requirement"
In a YouTube interview with Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued for a constitutional balanced budget amendment by claiming that "everyone else has to abide by a balanced budget requirement," a statement that disregards the utility of government borrowing to buoy the economy in hard times. But Jordan's analogy is not just wrongheaded, it's factually incorrect. The families, small businesses, localities and states that he referred to each undertake massive amounts of debt in order to invest and grow, or to make it through tough economic times. The scale of household, business and municipal borrowing makes Jordan's statement look downright silly.
July 15, 2011 12:02 pm ET filed under Blog
Balanced Budget Amendment Requires Budget So Draconian Even The GOP Voted Against It
April 15, 2011 1:46 pm ET filed under Video
Dems Send GOP Leadership Scrambling To Avoid Passing RSC's Hyper-Conservative Budget
From the House floor on April 15, 2011:
April 15, 2011 1:17 pm ET filed under Blog
Dems Send GOP Leadership Scrambling To Avoid Passing RSC's Hyper-Conservative Budget
March 28, 2011 3:32 pm ET filed under Blog
Conservative Republicans Ratchet Up War Against Poor
February 18, 2011 5:16 pm ET filed under Blog
Republicans Divided On Slash-And-Burn Cuts
June 18, 2010 4:32 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Franks Now Says Obama Dishonestly Taking Credit for BP Escrow Fund
June 17, 2010 11:04 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Cantor Contradicts GOP Lawmakers On BP Escrow Fund
February 01, 2010 3:06 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Republican Study Committee Distorts The Deficit
On January 29, 2010, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) issued a press release attacking President Obama for saying that he inherited large deficits from Republicans. The release asserts that the average monthly deficit under Democrats is greater than the average yearly deficit when Republicans were in power. However, the nonpartisan PolitiFact.com analyzed this exact claim and determined it was FALSE.
January 11, 2010 2:27 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Price Gets It Wrong On Republican Mojo
December 21, 2009 4:49 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Price Gets It Wrong On The Recovery Act
On December 21, 2009, Rep. Tom Price, chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Examiner in which he lobbed false criticisms at the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In reality, the Recovery Act created up to 1.6 million jobs and kept 6 million Americans out of poverty, including 244,000 in Price's home state of Georgia.
December 07, 2009 6:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Republican Study Committee Accuses The EPA Of Betraying Plants
October 05, 2009 4:44 pm ET filed under Fact Check
On RNC Conference Call, Rep. Price Falsely Claimed Doctors Oppose The Public Option
During an RNC conference call on October 5, 2009, Republican Study Committee chair Rep. Tom Price falsely stated American doctors oppose efforts to provide a public health insurance option. In reality, three out of four American doctors are in favor of the proposal. Once again, Rep. Price disregards the truth.
May 22, 2009 11:59 am ET filed under Fact Check
Yet Another GOP Cost Estimate For Cap-And-Trade
In a May 21, 2009 posting on Fox Nation, Rep. John Shadegg claimed cap-and-trade legislation would cost American families $4,300. Over the course of the last week Republicans have claimed that cap-and-trade could cost $1,500, $2,200, $3,000, and $3,100. Are Republicans just making it up as they go along?
May 19, 2009 3:41 pm ET filed under Fact Check
GOP Can't Pick A Number On Cap-And-Trade
In a blog post on May 18, 2009, Rep. Jason Chaffetz said: "The Left obviously does not want taxpayers to know the real cost of the tax-and-trade scheme." However, Republicans have claimed, over the course of five days, that cap-and-trade could cost $1,500, $2,200, $3,000, and $3,100, as opposed to the $150 estimate released by the Environmental Protection Agency. It would seem that it is those on the Right who don't want people to know the true cost of cap-and-trade.
May 18, 2009 6:24 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Republican Study Committee Repeats Debunked Cap-And-Trade Myth
In a May 18, 2009 email, the Republican Study Committee claimed the Waxman-Markey bill would cost "$3,000 in new taxes for every American family." But as Media Matters Action Network has repeatedly noted, this is simply not true.
