Cadillac Plans and Unions: Who Benefits?
When the White House and congressional Democrats agreed last month to scale back a Senate-passed tax on high-value health plans, it was widely portrayed as a giveaway to labor unions. For example, the...
View ArticleNew Mexico and Arkansas Races
In episode 13 of FactCheck Radio, we look at a Republican ad that was condemned by the head of the GOP in New Mexico. Plus, we debunk labor union ads attacking Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln of...
View ArticleAFSCME’s Misleading Tax Attack
Summary AFSCME, the big labor union, is running a misleading ad attacking one of the GOP’s premier House candidates. In an attempt to protect a vulnerable freshman Democrat, Rep. John Boccieri of Ohio,...
View ArticleA ‘Job-Killing’ Law?
Summary When it comes to truth in labeling, House Republicans are getting off to a poor start with their constantly repeated references to the new health care law as "job-killing." We find:...
View ArticleFlipping Through DNC Playbook on Romney
Summary The Democratic National Committee casts Mitt Romney as an untrustworthy flip-flopper in a lengthy Web video, but pads a long list of examples with some falsehoods and distortions. It’s true...
View ArticleRomney Hits Turbulence With Boeing Case
A Mitt Romney ad running in South Carolina distorts the truth by claiming that the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing Corp., “You can’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina...
View ArticleAmerican Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Political leanings: Democratic/liberal Spending target: Unknown AFSCME is a labor union that represents more than 1.6 million public sector employees and retirees, including health care workers,...
View ArticleAFL-CIO
Political leanings: Democratic/Liberal Spending target: Unknown The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a federation of 56 labor unions. It claims to...
View ArticlePuerto Rican Teamsters Stories are Bogus
Q: Did a Teamsters strike hinder aid efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria? A: No. Stories claiming so misrepresented an actual quote from an Air Force colonel. FULL QUESTION Did the Teamsters...
View ArticleBiden’s Campaign Kickoff Claims
Former Vice President Joe Biden kicked off his third campaign for president with a speech in Pittsburgh that contained a few false and misleading statements: Biden said “we have the most productive...
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