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Bachmann’s Fundraising Whopper

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Robert Farley - May. 20 (Fact Check) - In several urgent fundraising appeals, Rep. Michele Bachmann falsely claims that biased “liberal judges” redrew her congressional district “in retaliation for repeatedly standing up to President Obama.” The truth is that only two of the five judges were Democratic appointees, and Bachmann’s Minnesota district has become even more Republican than … More >>

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John Boehner says Bush tax cuts created 8 million jobs over 10 years

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Louis Jacobson - Feb. 20 (Fact Check) - During an interview on NBC’s Today show, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, offered some job-creation statistics to cast a favorable light on the tax cuts passed under President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2003. Host Matt Lauer said to Boehner, "You talk about creating jobs. When the Bush era tax cuts were passed in 2001, unemployment in this country was 4.5 percent. Today it's at 9 percent, just down from 10 percent. So why are the Bush era tax cuts creating jobs?" Boehner responded that the tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."

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Mitt Romney Tax Returns Released: Paid Just 13.9% Rate In 2010, Had Swiss Bank Account

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Steve Holland, Kim Dixon - Jan. 23 (News Report) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released tax records on Tuesday indicating he will pay $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $42.5 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011.

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US Senate passes its version of NDAA bill, which would allow military to detain anyone on US soil - OpenGlobe

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

OpenGlobe - By Tempodivalse, OpenGlobe contributors - Dec. 02 (Special Report) - The US Senate on Thursday passed its version of a bill that, among other provisions, would enable the US military to indefinitely detain anyone who is deemed to be engaging in terrorist activities.

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Facebook post says Congress has disproportionate share of millionaires

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Angie Drobnic Holan - Nov. 21 (Fact Check) - Over the past two months, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread to cities around the country, and those other movements are busy putting out messages that protest against income inequality. A reader recently sent us an example from Facebook, which w

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Boehner’s Big Stretch on Small Business

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

FactCheck - By Robert Farley - Nov. 11 (Fact Check) - House Speaker John Boehner claimed that “small-business people” make up more than half of those who would be hit by a tax increase on “millionaires.” Not really. Only 13 percent of those making over $1 million get even as much as one-fourth of that income from small business, according to … More >>

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Former Goldman VP Confirms Name Change, Does Not Dispute Promoting Goldman’s Interests As Issa Staffer

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Lee Fang - Aug. 18 (Investigative Report) - This morning, ThinkProgess published a story about a top staffer to Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) who helped the congressman draft a letter to bank regulators, asking them to back off new rules for banks like Goldman Sachs. As we reported, the staffer is a former Goldman Sachs vice president with a history of [...]

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Debt Limit Debate Round-Up

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Lori Robertson - Jul. 29 (Fact Check) - The last few weeks have been filled with debate, accusations, stalemate and false claims about the debt ceiling and how -- and whether -- it should be raised. As the Aug. 2 default deadline looms, here's a look at the less-than-factual talking points ...

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Janice Hahn Wins California US House Race

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Michael R. Blood - Jul. 13 (News) - LOS ANGELES -- Democrat Janice Hahn has defeated Republican Craig Huey in a bitter contest for a Southern California House seat, preserving her party's hold...

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Blocking Elizabeth Warren

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Joe Nocera - Jun. 11 (News Analysis) - 'It's official: Elizabeth Warren will return to the torture chamber known as the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 14. Earlier this week, Darrell Issa, the California Republican who is chairman of the committee, tweeted the news. Apparently, Democrats aren't the only ones who use Twitter to harass women. The last time Warren appeared before the committee, on May 24, she was mauled by the Republicans in a brutal hearing during which a North Carolina freshman named Patrick McHenry twice accused her of lying, while conducting a Perry Mason-style interrogation ('Yes or no, Ms. Warren') that was at once ludicrous and shameful. Afterward, Issa expressed outrage because she had dared to defend herself and demanded that she return for another round of browbeating. Hence, July 14.' Joe Nocera, The New York Times

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Republicans Packed Defense Spending Bill With Earmarks, Says Sen. Claire McCaskill

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Colin Clark - May. 27 (News Report) - One of the Senate's top campaigners for good government is charging House Republicans with quietly loading their new defense policy bill with earmarks that are currently banned by the GOP's own rules. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has pledged to keep all earmarks out of the Republican version of the Defense Authorization Act.

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House GOP to Democrats: Stop Telling the Public About Our Unpopular Agenda

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Steve Benen - May. 12 (News Report) - A wide variety of House Republicans, especially freshmen in competitive districts, heard from their constituents over the recent two-week break, and discovered that voters aren’t impressed with the GOP plan to end Medicare. Yesterday, they gathered to deliver a message to Democrats: Stop making us look bad by telling the public about our agenda.

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Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Obama Has Discretionary Authority to Advance DREAM Act, Humane Immigration Reform

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Juan Gonzalez - May. 12 (News Analysis) - Senate Democrats have reintroduced the DREAM Act for the first time since Republicans blocked its passage late last year. Under the measure, immigrant youth would obtain permanent residency with a chance for citizenship, provided they attend college for at least two years or enlist in the U.S. military. The move comes one day after President Obama delivered a major address on immigration reform. We speak to Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, chair of the Immigration Taskforce of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

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GOP Budget Would Leave Up To 44 Million More Low-Income Americans Uninsured: Report

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Ricardo Alonso Zaldivar - May. 10 (News Report) - The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states' Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday. The analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute concluded that Medicaid's role as the nation's safety net health care program would be "significantly compromised ... with no obvious alternative to take its place," if the GOP budget is adopted.

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Under House Budget, “Tax Reform” Places Top Priority on High-Income Tax Cuts and Ignores Deficit Reduction

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - By Chuck Marr, Gillian Brunet - Apr. 29 (Special Report) - The proposal in the House budget plan to devote every dollar of revenue raised by curbing tax expenditures to finance other tax cuts — principally the lowering of the top rate to 25 percent — suggests that the plan’s framers regard additional tax cuts for high-income individuals as a higher national priority than stronger deficit reduction. Their proposal also ignores the fact that incomes have skyrocketed at the top of the income scale even as the real income of the typical American household has fallen over the last decade.

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FactChecking Obama’s Budget Speech

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Lori Robertson, Eugene Kiely, D’Angelo Gore - Apr. 15 (News Analysis) - President Barack Obama misrepresented the House Republicans’ budget plan at times and exaggerated its impact on U.S. residents during an April 13 speech on deficit reduction. Obama claimed the Republicans’ “Path to Prosperity” plan would cause “up to 50 million Americans … to lose their health insurance.” But that worst-case figure is based in part on speculation and assumptions. He said the GOP plan would replace Medicare with “a voucher program that leaves seniors at the mercy of the insurance industry.” That’s an exaggeration. Nothing would change for those 55 and older. Those younger would get federal subsidies to buy private insurance from a Medicare exchange set up by the government. He said “poor children,” “children with autism” and “kids with disabilities” would be left “to fend for themselves.” That, too, is an exaggeration. The GOP says states would have “freedom and flexibility to tailor a Medicaid program that fits the needs of their unique populations.” It doesn’t bar states from covering those children. He repeated a deceptive talking point that the new health care law will reduce the deficit by $1 trillion. That’s the Democrats’ own estimate over a 20-year period. The Congressional Budget Office pegged the deficit savings at $210 billion over 10 years and warned that estimates beyond a decade are “more and more uncertain.” He falsely claimed that making the Bush tax cuts permanent would give away “$1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire.” That figure — which is actually $807 billion over 10 years — refers to tax cuts for individuals earning more than $200,000 and couples earning more than $250,000, not just millionaires and billionaires. He said the tax burden on the wealthy is the lowest it has been in 50 years. But the most recent nonpartisan congressional analysis showed that the average federal tax rate for high-income taxpayers was lower in 1986.

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Reid: GOP Culture Wars Will Shut Down The Government

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Michael McAuliff - Apr. 07 (News) - A government shutdown is beginning to look inevitable, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned Thursday morning, charging that Republicans are holding up a deal over ideological issues.

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Saints and sinners

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center for Public Integrity - By Peter H. Stone - Apr. 01 (Research) - Newt Gingrich is straddling a fine line: Even as he courts evangelicals wary of his two divorces, a Gingrich political committee has taken millions from a casino titan whose industry is often anathema to the Christian right. Confronted with repeated questions about his personal life, Gingrich has created a pair of religious-oriented nonprofit groups that since 2009 have raised over $5 million to boost his standing among evangelical conservatives.

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Top Democratic Aide Says Breakthrough Possible To Avert Government Shutdown

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Points Memo - By Brian Beutler - Mar. 31 (News) - A top Senate Democratic aide says there's been a key thaw in discussions between Senate Dem leaders and House Republicans to avert a government shutdown.

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Anthony Weiner: Obama Is 'Not A Values Guy'

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Amanda Terkel - Mar. 17 (News) - Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and a handful of other House Democrats expressed deep frustration with President Barack Obama's leadership on Wednesday, saying he needs to do more to set the direction for the progressive movement.

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Every Single GOPer On House Energy Cmte Won't Say Climate Change Is Real

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Points Memo - By Evan McMorris-Santoro - Mar. 16 (News) - Thirty-one Republicans on the House Energy And Commerce Committee -- the entire Republican contingent on the panel -- declined on Tuesday to vote in support of the very idea that climate change exists.

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Republicans Want FDA Funding Back At 2008 Levels--when Spinach, Peanut Butter, And Tomato Outbreaks Sickened The Country

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New Republic - By Jonathan Cohn - Mar. 14 (News Report) - Remember the salmonella-infected tomatoes of 2008? How about the tainted peanut butter of 2007? Or the bad spinach of 2006? These outbreaks sickened thousands and cost the produce industry hundreds of millions. Yet somehow the Republican Party has forgotten about them.

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Goldman Sachs Says GOP Budget Plans Will Hurt Economy

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By The Huffington Post - Feb. 24 (News Analysis) - The GOP spending cuts have been criticized again. A Goldman Sachs economist has warned that the $60 billion package of spending cuts proposed by the...

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Neither Side Budging In Talks On Short-Term Budget Deal

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Sam Stein - Feb. 22 (News Report) - High-stakes negotiations have begun between leading House Republicans and Senate Democrats on a temporary backstop that would keep the federal government from running out of money and shutting down.

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The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Mother Jones - By Nick Baumann - Jan. 28 (Investigative Report) - Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law. For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger the life of the woman.) But the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,"a bill with 173 mostly Republican co-sponsors that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has dubbed a top priority in the new Congress, contains a provision that would

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