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- politifact.comHanging over the standoff on union rights in Wisconsin is the question: How long will Democratic state senators continue their out-of-state boycott in an effort to delay a vote and get a compromise with Republican Gov. Scott Walker? The 14 Democrats are holed up in Illinois to avoid being forced to
- George Will says Wisconsin governor's benefits proposal would still leave workers better off than thpolitifact.comWith national attention focused on a showdown in Wisconsin over Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to reduce state worker benefits, the issue led to some spirited back-and-forth between union-backer Donna Brazile and conservative columnist George Will during the round-table discussion on ABC's This Week.
- Donna Brazile says that unions that supported Scott Walker are exempt from restrictions on collectivpolitifact.comThe ongoing budget crisis in Wisconsin got pundits George Will and Donna Brazile debating on This Week with Christiane Amanpour. Will said that changes proposed by Gov. Scott Walker were reasonable and necessary given budget constraints. Brazile countered that the governor was using the excuse of a
- Wisconsin Republican Party says doctors were handing out phony sick notes to “striking union memberspolitifact.comAmong the thousands of government workers who demonstrated against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over collective bargaining rights were men and women wearing white lab coats and carrying clipboards. Some had stethoscopes around their necks. According to the Wisconsin Republican Party, they were doctor
- Rick Perry says some in Congress are trying "to create a separate government for those with a drop opolitifact.comIn his book Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America From Washington, Gov. Rick Perry envisions a time when "race-based thinking is relegated to the bigot in the corner and not embraced by our nation's laws." Among the examples of "race-based thinking," he writes, is "the mind-boggling effort of some in Co
- politifact.comEditor's Note: We've had some inquiries lately about how we select claims to check and make our rulings. So here's an overview of our procedures and the principles for Truth-O-Meter rulings. PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who s
- politifact.comWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to impose cuts on public workers without bargaining has become the latest flash point in a longstanding debate over the compensation for public employees. In lobbying for Walker’s proposal, the conservative advocacy group Wisconsin Club for Growth has launched
- U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan compares Madison to Cairo, calls protests over collective bargaining changes “ripolitifact.comCrowds have built for a week in Madison as public employees and their supporters rally against Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to strip them of most of their collective bargaining rights. Walker supporters have criticized the protests, especially because they included numerous teachers who called in sick,
- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says his budget-repair bill would leave collective bargaining “fully intwww.politifact.comIf Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker isn’t trying to strip most collective bargaining rights from public employees, then why do workers keep pouring into Madison by the thousands to demonstrate against him? Many state, local government and public school employees -- including those represented by the larg
- www.politifact.comIt has taken hold with conviction: the idea that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ginned up a phony budget crisis to justify his bold bid to strip state employees of most bargaining rights and cut their benefits. A volley of e-mails, blog posts and inquiries to reporters followed a Madison Capital Times
- You wouldn’t think there would be much connection between Detroit, a troubled rust belt city, and the bustling port city of Hiroshima, Japan. But trust us, countless bloggers see a link. Do a Google search of the phrase "Hiroshima and Detroit" and you’ll see hundreds of links to blogs, all displayin
- politifact.comFlorida legislators last week fawned over former Washington, D.C., public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee as she addressed House and Senate members. Today, PolitiFact Florida offers its most sincere form of admiration: We put Rhee in front of the Truth-O-Meter. Rhee -- who was recently featured on
- politifact.comThe Democrats are at it again, said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.: Trying to get the government to solve all our problems. "I’ve given birth to five babies, and I’ve breast-fed every single one of these babies," Bachmann said on The Laura Ingraham Show. "To think that government has to go out and b