Fact Check

New Direction Congress Telling Big Oil: 'Use It or Lose It' Democrats will not give away more federal land to Big Oil while they sit idle on 68 million acres of leased lands. 06/26/2008
Big Oil Sitting on 68 Million Acres of Land - Refusing to Develop and Drill Why would President Bush, John McCain and the Republicans give them even more? 06/25/2008
Rhetoric vs. Reality: White House Spinning Its Wheels on President’s ‘Drill & Veto’ Energy Policies Comments on Friday from White House Spokesman Tony Fratto about the President’s offshore drilling proposal further underscored the policy is nothing but political rhetoric. The Bush ‘drill and veto’ plan was literally written by the oil industry and crafted to serve Big Oil rather than the interests of American families and businesses. 06/21/2008
President Bush Continues Call For Failed Energy Policies of the Past The President's proposal today is another page from the Administration's energy policy that was literally written by the oil industry: give away more public resources to the very same oil companies that are raking in record profits and sitting on 68 million acres of federal lands they've already leased. 06/18/2008
Big Oil Spends Millions on Advertising Campaign to Rehab Image, Leaving 68 Million Acres of Leased Federal Land Undeveloped President Bush, Sen. John McCain and their Republican allies continue to push failed “drill and veto” energy policies of the past even as Big Oil chooses to spend money on rehabbing its image instead of taking steps to help the American consumer. According to an article in today’s Wall Street Journal, Big Oil is spending millions on advertising to deflect consumer anger over high gas prices, rather than investing in clean renewable energy or developing and drilling in the 68 million federal acres onshore and offshore they already lease. 06/17/2008
Republican Leadership Is Wrong to Stand in the Way of Extending Unemployment Benefits Last week, Congress took action to strengthen our economy and give assistance to millions of jobless American workers by passing the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act to extend unemployment benefits to those who have exhausted their regular benefits. This bill will provide crucial assistance to an estimated 3.8 million Americans – at a time when unemployment saw the highest monthly spike in 22 years – and provide needed stimulus to our struggling economy. 06/16/2008
Vice President Cheney Admits Claim China is Drilling off the Coast of Florida is False Last night, Vice President Dick Cheney’s office admitted that his assertion before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that China is drilling “60 miles of the coast of Florida” was wrong and that, in fact, there is no Chinese deepwater drilling in that area. 06/13/2008
Republicans Have Lost Touch Over Six Years On two critical votes this week, more than 70 percent of House Republicans sided with President Bush – and against unemployment benefits for 3.8 million Americans struggling to find work. 06/12/2008
Republicans Use Scare Tactics to Promote Failed "Drill & Veto" Energy Policies of the Past The GOP's Claims that China is drilling for oil off Florida's coast have proven false. 06/12/2008
Drilling Down on Republican Rhetoric on Gas Prices The Republican answer to our gas crisis is only “drill more.” They say Congress needs to act to open up more land to the oil companies. But that’s really a solution in search of a problem. 06/12/2008
New Direction Congress - Responsible Energy Policies for America's Families & Businesses As summer and peak driving season approach, hardworking Americans are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing gas prices – now averaging $3.99 per gallon across the country. The New Direction Congress is committed to bringing real relief to those feeling the pinch from high gas and diesel prices and ensuring the needs of families and businesses are put before the interests of Big Oil companies. 06/09/2008
Where is the Republican leadership on record gas prices? The New Direction Congress has passed several pieces of legislation to promote American energy independence, prevent the manipulation of oil prices, punish those who cheat consumers, and promote the development and use of renewable fuels. See how the Republican leadership voted on these crucial pieces of legislation. 05/21/2008
Past War Supplemental Bills Have Included Domestic Priorities President Bush and his Republican allies are misleading the American people about the supplemental bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that will be voted on by the House today. 05/15/2008
An Effective Tool to Lower Energy Prices for America's Families Democrats & Republicans Agree on Temporary Suspension of Oil Purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 05/12/2008
Efforts by Republicans to Rebrand Conference will not Change the Facts GOP Continues to Stand with President Bush on Key Issues 05/12/2008
Experts Agree: Comprehensive Housing Crisis Legislation Is Needed for American Economic Recovery Recent remarks from leading economists make it clear that the FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act that the House will consider today as part of a comprehensive housing package has all of the right elements to address our housing crisis and help avert a deeper decline in the overall economy. 05/07/2008
Putting Big Oil Before the Needs of the American People The price of oil surged to a new high this afternoon – reaching more than $120 per barrel – just days after the big five oil companies reported a staggering $36.9 billion in profits for the first three months of 2008. 05/05/2008
Republican Double Standard on Gas Prices U.S. Military Paying $3.23 a Gallon in Iraq – Iraqis pay $1.36; Where’s the GOP Outrage? 05/02/2008
Setting the Record Straight on the President’s Energy Policies In a press conference yesterday, President Bush reiterated his unyielding support for more of the same failed Republican energy policies that have brought record high gas prices to consumers and businesses and record profits to Big Oil. 04/30/2008
Correcting the Record on FISA Fact Checking the Statement by Department of Justice & Office of Director of National Intelligence 02/25/2008
The Truth About the Debate Over the FISA Law The Bush Administration is Misleading the American People About Our National Security in Effort to Strong-Arm Congress for Telecom Immunity. 02/19/2008
Editorials & National Security Experts on FISA The refusal by President Bush and House Republicans to support an extension of last summer’s Protect America Act for 21 days so that a House/Senate conference on a FISA modernization bill could be completed does not mean that surveillance activities will cease. 02/14/2008
The War in Iraq - Nearly Five Years Later Despite Strain on U.S. Forces President Bush Pledges to Spend Billions More, Stay Decades Longer 02/06/2008
The State of the Economy - Squeezing Hard-Working American Families House Passes Bipartisan Plan to Send ‘Recovery Rebates’ to Millions of Americans 01/30/2008
Bush Economic Policies Failing America's Families Working Americans Struggling to Make Ends Meet – Families Need a New Direction 01/07/2008
Major Legislative Priorities of the New Direction Congress Signed Into Law Democrats in Congress have made progress this year despite reckless opposition from the President and Republicans in Congress. 12/14/2007
Iraq Update: Longer Tours of Duty Taking Toll on our Troops U.S. Army’s 15 Month-Long Combat Tours to Continue Through 2008 12/05/2007
Iraq Update: More than 1.6 Million American Troops have been Deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan since September 2001 - Where is the Political Reconciliation? In January, the President announced the so-called troop “surge” to give Iraq’s government the “breathing space” to achieve political reconciliation. Eleven months later, Iraqi politicians have failed by every measure to make the necessary political progress. 12/04/2007
Fact Check: The President's Remarks Today Democrats want to work with the President, yet he continues to engage in the same tired rhetoric that does not serve the best interests of the American people. 12/03/2007
Reality Check: Where is the Political Reconciliation in Iraq? Our Troops Sacrifice While Bush Administration Refuses to Place Real Pressure on Iraqi Government In January, the President announced the so-called troop “surge” to give Iraq’s government the “breathing space” to achieve political reconciliation. Eleven months later, Iraqi politicians have failed by every measure to make the necessary political progress. 11/30/2007
Reality Check: President Bush’s Iraq War & the U.S. Military Readiness Crisis Today at the Pentagon, President Bush spoke of the need to modernize our military but failed to mention it is his misplaced priorities and failed policies in Iraq have led to a military readiness crisis that the United States has not experienced since the end of the Vietnam War more than thirty years ago. 11/29/2007
Reality Check: Democratic Congress Stands with our Soldiers President Bush and Republicans Blocking $50 Billion Passed By House to Fund Our Troops and Bring Them Home 11/29/2007
The Economy in Eyes of Real America Is the Bush Administration Doing Anything to Address the Real Struggle Hardworking American Families Face to Make Ends Meet? 11/29/2007
Fact Sheet: Looking Back at the President's 'surge' Iraqi Government Still Failing to Take Responsibility for Their Country, American People Still Want U.S. Troops Home 11/28/2007
The Facts about the President's Veto of Labor-HHS Bill: Supports Spending $10 Billion Each Month on War Without End in Iraq, But Vetoes America ’s Priorities – Calls Them “Excessive” On Tuesday, President Bush vetoed the Labor-Health-Education Appropriations bill – a bipartisan and fiscally responsible bill that addresses the needs and priorities of the American people – calling these investments in domestic initiatives dedicated to helping families “excessive.” 11/15/2007