Claim: President Obama spoke to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, and we caught several factual errors and misstatements in his remarks. See our full story on FactCheck.org for all the details. Here's just one item we found: Obama exaggerated a bit in describing the Children's Health Insurance Program that was recently reauthorized by Congress: Obama: When it was days old, this Congress passed a law to provide and protect health insurance for 11 million American children whose parents work full time.
Fact-check: Obama's Speech and Those Frivolous Earmarks - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president obama spoke to a joint session of congress tuesday night, and we caught several factual errors and misstatements in his remarks. see our full story on factcheck.org for all the details. here's just one item we found: obama exaggerated a bit in describing the children's health insurance program that was recently reauthorized by congress: obama: when it was days old, this congress passed a law to provide and protect health insurance for 11 million american children whose parents work full time.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-02-01T16:57:40