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Bill Wichert is a PolitiFact New Jersey reporter for the Star-Ledger.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Bill Wichert
Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it."
Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas."
"Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before."
"There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades."
Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
"Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state."
Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no."
"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."
Recent stories from Bill Wichert
Pro-Christie ad highlights balanced budgets as part of “reform movement”But PolitiFact New Jersey found that balancing the state budget is a requirement under the state constitution
Rep. Bill Pascrell mixes up rulings against Rep. Steve RothmanA news release and an e-mail from Pascrell's campaign labeled one of our rulings as False, when the actual verdict was Mostly False
In Context: Rep. Bill Pascrell discusses health care reform, not tax cuts, on ‘Hardball’Rep. Steve Rothman used a clip of the interview to suggest Pascrell admitted supporting "more tax cuts for the rich"
Obama announces support for gay marriageWith the president's announcement, PolitiFact New Jersey revisits fact checks on gay marriage
Republicans, Democrats hope to break with 40 years of election historyNew Jersey voters haven't sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate or a Democratic woman to the House of Representatives in nearly four decades.
On the campaign trail: PolitiFact New Jersey digs into Pascrell-Rothman battleWith their race heating up, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell and Steve Rothman have come before the Truth-O-Meter for claims on the auto bailout, health care reform, small businesses and income tax rates
On third day of Supreme Court hearings, PolitiFact New Jersey revisits health care reform fact-checksGarden State politicians have landed at Mostly False, False and Pants on Fire for claims related to the national health care reform law
Chris Christie claims continue falling down against the Truth-O-MeterFrom his budget address to an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation," three recent fact-checks have left the governor with Mostly True, Half True and Mostly False rulings.
Truth-O-Meter lands on False for Democratic claims about Medicare, divorce ratePolitiFact New Jersey debunked claims over the weekend from U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman and New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney
Christie’s record framed by opposing story lines from political advocacy groupsPolitiFact New Jersey revisits claims from two groups working behind the scenes to either promote or diminish the governor's record
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