Claim: In ads airing in three states, a Democratic PAC repeats familiar, and misleading, attack lines — saying one Republican lawmaker voted to "essentially end Medicare" and another voted for billions in earmarks and turned a surplus "into a massive federal deficit." The Majority PAC, a political action committee that aims to "rotect the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate," launched ads on July 24 criticizing Republican candidates in Senate races in North Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Fact-check: Democratic PAC Revisits Old Claims - FactCheck.org
Verdict: in ads airing in three states, a democratic pac repeats familiar, and misleading, attack lines — saying one republican lawmaker voted to "essentially end medicare" and another voted for billions in earmarks and turned a surplus "into a massive federal deficit." the majority pac, a political action committee that aims to "rotect the democratic majority in the u.s. senate," launched ads on july 24 criticizing republican candidates in senate races in north dakota, virginia and wisconsin.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2012-07-30T22:39:49