Fact Check

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