September 29, 2009
Chain e-mail: "For the first time in history, the Democratic Congress will not allow an increase in the social security COLA (cost of living adjustment)."
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | E-mail claims Democratic Congress to blame for no COLA increase in Social Security

So every year you’ve gotten a little bump in your Social Security check…

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Republican National Committee: Barack Obama and the Democrats have "proposed a tax for not having health insurance."
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Health reform includes a tax penalty if you don’t have insurance

The Republican National Committee launched a new ad attacking health care reform as a big tax…

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Steny Hoyer: "House Republicans pledged to introduce a bill to reform America’s health care system," but "the 'party of no' has . . . failed to produce legislation."
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Hoyer claims Republicans have no health care alternative

No matter which party controls Congress, its leaders usually refer to the opposition as “the party of…

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September 28, 2009
'Hooray, Mr. President! We honor your great plans!'

When we first saw a copy of the now-viral video of young school kids singing the praises of President Barack Obama on Sept. 24 (“Hooray, Mr. President, we honor your great plans/To make this…

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September 26, 2009
Sean Hannity: The Obama administration is "cutting back on defense"
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Hannity says Obama is “cutting back on defense”

  During an interview with Sen. John McCain, Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity closed by asking the former…

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Michael Steele: In a now-viral video, "impressionable youngsters at a public school in New Jersey...have been instructed to sing the praises of 'Barack Hussein Obama.'"
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | GOP claims video shows public B. Bernice Young Elementary School students made to sing about Obama

When we first saw a copy of the now-viral video of young school…

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Michael Moore: Goldman Sachs was Barack Obama's "No. 1 private contributor."
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Barack Obama got many campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs

Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore has a new film coming out — Capitalism: A Love Story — and he…

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September 25, 2009
A PolitiFact contest: Name that health plan!

Quick! What’s the name of President Barack Obama’s health care plan? We can’t remember, either. We seem to recall “health” and “choice” is in the title, but we’re not sure. We were reminded of this…

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A flurry of flip-flops

We’ve never put an entire legislature to the Flip-O-Meter before. But the recent move by the Massachusetts legislature in filling the seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy was too bold to pass…

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September 24, 2009
Sean Hannity: "Our own National Security Agency says that (Iran's) nuclear ambitions are advancing, and at the same time...we are slashing our own nuclear arsenal."
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Hannity says U.S. is reducing its nuclear arsenal

It’s no secret that conservative talk show host Sean Hannity has issues with the Obama administration’s…

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Barack Obama: "Medicare does just as good, if not better, at keeping people healthy" as Medicare Advantage.
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | No difference between Medicare and Medicare Advantage? Maybe

President Obama defended plans to cut funding for a program called Medicare Advantage in an…

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Tim Pawlenty: On a cap-and-trade plan.
The Truth-o-Meter says: Full Flop | Pawlenty changes course on cap-and-trade

He hasn’t made it official yet, but it seems everything Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty does these days points to a White…

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Massachusetts legislature: On whether the governor of Massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim U.S. senator
The Truth-o-Meter says: Full Flop | Massachusetts legislature flip-flops on governor’s senatorial appointment power

We’ve never put an entire legislature to the Flip-O-Meter before. But the recent…

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Promises, promises

It’s been a summer of exaggerations and falsehoods in the health care debate. If you’ve been following PolitiFact, it probably seemed like all the action was on the Truth-O-Meter. But we’ve also been…

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Show 160 - Frozen Shoulder Federalism

Is the United States breaking up? Dan reads a Pat Buchanan commentary that poses that question, so Dan talks about it. Also: Dan extols the virtues of citizen journalism in the wake of the “Acorn”…

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