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ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."
Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."
"Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin."
Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."
"Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq."
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
The war spending bill "actually spends more money on the International Monetary Fund than on the war.”
Under the "Cash for Clunkers" program, "all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500."
Says President Obama was wrong "about Muslims' historical contributions to mankind, such as algebra (actually that was the ancient Babylonians), the compass (that was the Chinese), pens (the Chinese again) and medical discoveries."
"Why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? We're the only country in the world that has it."
Recent stories from Bill Adair
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Bachmann earns two more Pants on FiresSince January, the Minnesota congresswoman is 0 for 5 on our Truth-O-Meter. Her latest ratings involve two ridiculously false statements about the Census.
Your guide to the cap-and-trade estimatesAs Congress considers a cap-and-trade plan, supporters and opponents are citing a dizzying array of cost estimates. We delve into the numbers to see what they really say.
Keith Olbermann and the 'top secret' TweetPolitical commentator Keith Olbermann says Rep. Pete Hoekstra's Tweets blew the cover on a "top-secret mission to Iraq." He Tweeted all right. But was the mission top secret?
Does the war bill shortchange the war?A Georgia congressman contends the war spending bill has more for the IMF than for the wars. We investigate.
Hannity junkyard scheme is a clunkerSean Hannity says it's possible to game the system with the used car program. We examine the facts to see if it's possible.
Mailbag: The 'Cars, SARS, and Bars Czar'Readers let us know what they think about our latest Truth-O-Meter rulings and give us a few ideas to improve our meters. One suggests a new ruling on the Obameter: Atoned.
Counting the departures from GitmoRep. Steny Hoyer says 500 detainees were released from the detention center under President Bush. He's right about the number, but we have a quibble with his wording.
More Peace Corps?Obama's budget doesn't reflect his promise to double the Peace Corps. But Corps supporters are hopeful Congress will increase funding anyway.
Pumping up the polls for ObamaA new ad for Obama's health care plan says 62 percent support a public plan, but that's not the case.
Bill Adair is the Editor of PolitiFact and the Washington Bureau Chief for the St. Petersburg Times. He's worked in Washington since 1997 and has covered Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, national politics and aviation safety. Adair is the author of "The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation," a behind-the-scenes account of how the National Transportation Safety Board solved one of the biggest mysteries in aviation. He is the winner of the Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. He lives in Arlington, Va. with his wife and three children.
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