Sabrina EatonReporter, Plain Dealer Washington bureau
Sabrina Eaton has been a Washington correspondent for The Plain Dealer since 1994. She previously worked for a Washington, D.C. wire service and newspapers in New York and New Jersey. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Pennsylvania.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Sabrina Eaton
"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Says Rep. Jim Renacci was "trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut."
Says Rep. Betty Sutton supports allowing "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores."
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "voted to block American energy production and increase energy taxes."
An independent payment advisory board created by in the health care reform law is "like a Medicare IRS with the power to cut Medicare in order to pay for new government programs."
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
Recent stories from Sabrina Eaton
Invasive species claim sails onto our favorites listInvasive species, like zebra mussels, round gobies and bloody red shrimp, have hitchhiked into the Great Lakes from foreign ports in the ballast water that ships take on for stability. So we were surprised when Rep. Steve LaTourette commented that the problem of invasive species in the Great Lakes today was due to ballast. We checked out the claim then. And now we've picked it as one of our favorites for the year.
Pat Boone earns his first Pants on FireYes, THAT Pat Boone! The singer is way off-tune in an Ohio campaign commercial that tries to scare seniors. Ain't that a shame?
Pat Boone earns his first Pants on FireYes, THAT Pat Boone! The singer is way off-tune in an Ohio campaign commercial that tries to scare seniors. Ain't that a shame?
In interview, Cornyn revisits fact-checked statementsDuring a lengthy conversation with the Texas Tribune, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas touched on at least four claims previously run through the Truth-O-Meter.
Debate over Planned Parenthood funding moves to FloridaPlanned Parenthood, a group that gets federal money to provide health services, has been a focal point of the Washington debate for several months. And now, the debate has filtered down to Tallahassee.
The Voter Guide: Seven key distortions of the campaignAfter examining hundreds of claims in the 2010 campaign, we've seen some patterns in how candidates -- and outside groups -- have twisted the facts.
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