November 16, 2011 2:15 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Senators Revive Malicious Distortion Of CBO's Health Care Calculations
November 11, 2011 11:43 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Coburn And Barrasso Aren't Trying To Save Medicare — They're Trying To Kill It
September 26, 2011 6:03 pm ET filed under Video
Sen. Barrasso: "If An Emergency Happens Like It Does In Your Family, You Have To Find A Way To Pay For It"
From a September 26, 2011, appearance by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) on Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto:
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
June 16, 2011 3:06 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Lummis Spitefully Horses Around With The Agricultural Spending Bill
May 17, 2011 12:03 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Barrasso Actually Wants To Pay More Out Of Pocket For His Health Care?
May 02, 2011 10:25 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 1, 2011
May 02, 2011 10:03 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 1, 2011
Hours before President Obama announced U.S. Special Forces had killed Osama bin Laden, more pedestrian and partisan news ruled the Sunday morning airwaves. On Fox, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) falsely blamed $4 trillion of debt on President Obama and then incorrectly claimed that failing to raise the debt ceiling wouldn't be a big deal. On ABC, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) tried to defend his budget by claiming people don't like it because there is "misinformation" swirling around and not because it dismantles the social safety net. Elsewhere on Sunday, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) each claimed that the U.S. needs a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, an idea rejected by experts on both sides of the aisle. And on NBC, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) dishonestly claimed that the Ryan Budget would increase funding to Medicare, while criticizing the Affordable Care Act for cutting Medicare, a claim which is also untrue.
April 25, 2011 2:03 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Barrasso: "No One's Talking About Defaulting On Our Debt"
April 05, 2011 9:15 am ET filed under Blog
State Health Care Waiver Shows Law's Flexibility, Not Failure
December 14, 2010 1:14 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Barrasso Falsely Suggests Bill Clinton Supports Health Care Repeal
Appearing on Fox News' America's Newsroom, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) took remarks by former President Bill Clinton out of context to suggest that Clinton would support Barrasso's statement that the health care reform law "is not the way to go for this country." In fact, while Clinton suggested that the Affordable Care Act could be improved, he simultaneously stated that "it's worth fighting against" its repeal.
September 29, 2010 4:39 pm ET filed under Blog
Senate GOP Blocks Program That Created 250,000 Jobs
September 22, 2010 9:36 am ET filed under Fact Check
Six Months Later, Senator Barrasso Is Still Using The Same Old Health Care Falsehoods
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) took to Fox News' airwaves to laud Republican attempts to repeal elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care, leveling a number of misleading attacks on the health care reform law in the process. Barrasso claimed that the law is "bad" for both patients and providers and suggested it holds high costs for taxpayers. In reality, the law contains numerous positive reforms for consumers and providers, and it reduces the deficit.
June 10, 2010 1:38 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Barrasso Uses The Oil Spill As A Reason To Block EPA Regulations
February 25, 2010 3:16 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Even Before Summit, Republicans Declared It A Failure
Today the president is hosting a bipartisan, bicameral health care summit at the Blair House in hopes of finding the common ground between Republicans and Democrats. Yet even before the summit had started, Republicans were publicly deriding it as a useless photo-op.
February 09, 2010 4:37 pm ET filed under Video
Sen. Enzi Attempts (Unsuccessfully) To Say "Blagojevich"
During a floor speech on February 9, 2010, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) attempted to say the word "Blagojevich." He was not successful.
August 20, 2009 11:55 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Barrasso Said There's "Nothing Good" About Green Jobs
While speaking to the Petroleum Association of Wyoming about the American Clean Energy and Security Act, Sen. John Barrasso said "there's nothing good about it." In reality, this legislation would create 1.7 million American jobs, reduce harmful emissions and help America become more energy independent.
July 07, 2009 2:24 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Barrasso Misrepresents Both The Lewin Group Study And CBO Analysis
In a July 7, 2009 blog post on The Hill's "Congress Blog," Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) attempted to offer a doctor's perspective on the health care debate. Yet not even doctors can get away with skewing the facts. In his post, Sen. Barrasso misrepresented both a study published by the insurance company-funded Lewin Group AND an analysis provided to congress by the Congressional Budget Office.
June 11, 2009 4:39 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Barrasso Cites Debunked Sources To Criticize ACES
On June 11, 2009 Sen. John Barrasso wrote a blog post on The Hill criticizing the American Energy and Security Act (ACES). In it, he managed to make a number of false and previously debunked claims by quoting a number of false and already debunked sources.
June 04, 2009 6:29 pm ET filed under Blog
Talking Points, Anyone?
In a June 4, 2009 press release, Sen. Mike Enzi expressed concern over a "government takeover" of banks, the auto industry, and health care - using the same key words, in the same order, as Sen. Mitch McConnell did in a press release the day before.
May 13, 2009 1:16 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Barrasso's Gun Is Not Smoking
In a May 13, 2009 blog post on The Hill's "Congress Blog," Senator Barrasso wrote: "Yesterday I exposed a 'smoking gun' White House memo to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The memo warns that regulation of small CO2 emitters will have 'serious economic consequences' for businesses and the overall economy." The reality is that the White House did not say that, and all Senator Barrasso exposed was an ability to ignore the facts.
May 01, 2009 10:27 am ET filed under Fact Check
In Their Own Words: The Majority's Prerogative
In 2005, many Republican Senators went so far as to claim the filibuster of judicial nominees was unconstitutional. Now four years later, with President Obama's first Supreme Court appointment looming, will they remain consistent in their position or commit one of the most blatant acts of hypocrisy in the 220-year history of the United States Senate?
