THE CLAIM: Endorsing Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor in Houston on Wednesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney said: "When Texas was faced with a budget shortfall and some legislators were proposing an income tax, Kay stood with the taxpayers...
Austin Bureau chief Christy Hoppe checks up on a Rick Perry statement: THE CLAIM: In his campaign stump speech, Gov. Rick Perry states that when Texas faced with a budget shortfall in 2003, he and the Legislature cut spending instead...
Staff writer Robert T. Garrett examines a claim from Democrat Tom Schieffer: THE CLAIM: Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Tom Schieffer said Wednesday that Gov. Rick Perry's rejection of federal economic-stimulus money for unemployment benefits soon will increase taxes on Texas...
Wayne Slater examines Kay Bailey Hutchison's recent statement about Rick Perry's record on taxes: THE CLAIM: Kay Bailey Hutchison told WBAP-AM (820) this week that Gov. Rick Perry "has increased taxes in Texas." Specifically, she said: "He's increased it...
The claim: "Our state unemployment rate is already higher than any of our neighboring states -- Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico and Arkansas," Hutchison's campaign Web site says. "So much for Texas being better off than anywhere else." The facts: At...
The claim: "Perry has led the fight for better schools, signing into law a $2,000 pay raise for teachers and the country's largest performance pay program," the governor's Web site says. "He ordered schools to spend 65 percent of tax...
The claim: "Texans deserve a straight yes or no from Rick Perry on whether he still supports his controversial TransTexas Corridor plan to confiscate nearly 600,000 acres of land," a Hutchison campaign news release says. The facts: Perry hasn't said...
The claim: "Texans are safer because ... Perry ordered an aggressive border security initiative that is putting more boots on the ground, more helicopters in the sky, and more resources into the hands of border law officers who are on...
The claim: "Perry raised business taxes, giving Texas the highest gross receipts tax rate in the country," a campaign news release says. The facts: Tax experts say that Texas doesn't have a true "gross receipts tax," and they argue that...
The claim: Perry rejected $555 million in federal money for unemployment benefits because the expansion "would have mandated the state of Texas to pay costlier benefits and put higher taxes on Texas employers indefinitely," Perry wrote in an Austin American-Statesman...
The claim: "Texas has the highest high school dropout rate in the country," Hutchison writes in a campaign fundraising letter. The facts: According to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, Texas has the 16th highest high...
The candidates wrapped up their final pitches in the last week, and fact-checking organizations were watching what they had to say. FactCheck.org took a look at statements by John McCain and Barack Obama. A statement by Obama that he has...
At a rally on Saturday, John McCain said, "You know, Senator Obama doesn't think that nuclear power is safe." CNN.com ruled that statement false, saying Obama's voting record and public statements indicate he is receptive to harnessing safe nuclear power....
FactCheck.org has a roundup of fact checks (Whoppers of 2008 - The Sequel) from the last five weeks. It hits John McCain on his welfare attacks on Obama, who is also rapped for his Medicare attacks on McCain. Don't worry,...
The Associated Press found that Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the budget pressures he would face in office. Earlier this week, John McCain took aim at...
Arguing that John McCain supported deregulation that helped lead to this year's financial collapse, Barack Obama said Monday that "the plain truth is that John McCain has stood with this president every step of the way ... calling for less...
On Saturday, Barack Obama said, "Under my plan tax rates will actually be less than they were under Ronald Reagan." CNN found this statement misleading, saying that Obama's economic adviser says he is referring to specific rates out of the...
CNN says this statement by Joe Biden is misleading: "George Bush is now backing the plan that Barack Obama suggested, which is to set a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq and turn over responsibility to the Iraqis." CNN said the...
CNN fact-checked this statement by John McCain: "When Russia invaded Georgia, Sen. Obama said the invaded country should show restraint." CNN's verdict was that the statement was misleading, saying that when fighting erupted, Obama initially said both countries -- not...
A John McCain campaign memo said Barack Obama was "a trial attorney for ACORN." Politifact rated this statement Half-True, finding that Obama represented ACORN once as an attorney, but that the statement in the memo implies Obama worked for ACORN...
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