Real page-turners: 'War and Peace' and the Senate health care bill.
Health care bill or 'War & Peace' -- which is longer?
Republican Orrin Hatch says the Democratic health care bill is longer than War and Peace. We count the words.
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Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
The Senate health care bill "would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage."
If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."
A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."
In the House health care bill, "Something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option."
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
We're deleting Promise No. 9 on trade policy
We're deleting Promise No. 9, which President Obama would "use trade agreements to spread good labor and environmental standards around the world and stand firm ...
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We're deleting Promise No. 147
When we looked into Promise No. 147, to expand how the Family and Medical Leave Act is applied to members of the military, we were ...
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We've deleted Promise No. 29 on financial regulation
We've decided to delete a promise on financial regulation.
Given this week's economic news, we decided to check Obama's promise to investigate potential conflicts ...
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Tracking Obama’s promises
PolitiFact will be tracking Barack Obama’s promises during his presidency and will be rating the progress of each one. >>more
Promises we have rated recently
No. 378:
Create an office to help improve nonprofits
No. 227:
Press China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe
No. 226:
Urge China to stop manipulation of its currency value
No. 248:
Address the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention
No. 246:
Double funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability
Of Obama's 515 promises, most are still rated No Action. Here’s a random sampling of five of them:
No. 478:
Modernize air traffic system
No. 44:
Lift the payroll tax cap on earnings above $250,000
No. 371:
Fund a major expansion of AmeriCorps
No. 404:
Reduce the number of middle managers in the federal workforce
No. 171:
Establish a Global Education Fund
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