Q: Kucinich's actions do not match his words.
Ohioans are right to wonder how Dennis Kucinich, a vocal advocate for human rights in his years in Congress, can justify accepting a speaking fee from an organization that supports, in the PD's words, "Syrian butcher Bashar Assad." Over the past seven years, Assad's regime has slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Syrian citizens and displaced an estimated 11 million. Just last weekend, more Syrian citizens were killed in a chemical weapons attack. Politics aside, it is time for Mr. Kucinich to unequivocally disavow the murderous Assad regime. Ms. Lee C. Shapiro, Regional Director AJC Cleveland
A: Yes
Q: The current President of the Brazilian Central Bank is being accused of a financial sham.
The current President of Brazilian Central Bank, Henrique Meirelles, is accused of financial fraud among other accusations.
A: Yes
Q: The top 1% willingly pay one-third of all the federal income taxes.
That we spent -- the top 1% receive 223 as opposed to 445 billion in new spending. The top -- let's talk about my tax plan. The top 1% will pay one-third of all the federal income taxes. And in return, get one-fifth of the benefits, because most of the tax reductions go to the people at the bottom end of the economic ladder.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: Committees do very little work.
There is an enormous amount of work that goes on in committees when members put aside some of their partisanship and focus on how to build an excellent health care system, on how to build a good research and development program and how to deal with issues of equity when you are looking at issues of debt reduction.
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No