July 20, 2010 5:47 pm ET filed under Blog
After The Filibuster: Republicans Committed To Protecting The Rich, Ignoring The Jobless
July 19, 2010 10:30 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 18, 2010
July 19, 2010 10:18 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 18, 2010
The political shows were busy on Sunday, with Indiana Republican Mike Pence misleading Fox News Sunday viewers about the Recovery Act and Sen. Cornyn misrepresenting the origins of the federal deficit on Meet the Press. Sen. McConnell told State of the Union viewers a flagrant lie about the Obama administration's response to the Gulf oil spill, and exaggerated the number of small businesses that benefit from the Bush tax cuts for the rich. Elsewhere, NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions described the Tea Party as "one-third Democrat, one-third Republican" on Meet the Press despite clear evidence that Tea Party activists are overwhelmingly Republican. On Face the Nation, the task of defending Arizona's immigration law fell this week to former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who offered no new evidence to support his conviction that SB 1070 will not lead to ethnic profiling.
June 29, 2010 5:43 pm ET filed under Blog
Rand Paul: Latest GOP Candidate To Trade Courage For Cowardice
June 28, 2010 9:49 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows — June 27, 2010
June 28, 2010 9:44 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows — June 27, 2010
On Sunday's political talk shows, Republicans were hard at work managing expectations for this week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Elena Kagan nomination. Senators Cornyn (TX), Graham (SC) and McCain (AZ) each pushed the false notion that Kagan banned military recruiters from Harvard Law School while she was Dean there. A number of Kagan's former students have defended her against such charges, and the fact is recruiters had access to the Harvard campus and Harvard Law students throughout Kagan's tenure. Elsewhere, Sen. Graham raised the red herring of Kagan's praise for an Israeli judge as a reason to oppose her nomination, and Sen. Cornyn reiterated the tired Republican lie that clean energy legislation will kill jobs.
June 07, 2010 10:25 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - June 6, 2010
Sunday on ABC's This Week, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn defended his candidate for Barack Obama's former Senate seat and argued in favor of Israel's blockade of Gaza. Sen. Cornyn glossed over Senate candidate Mark Kirk's history of exaggerating his Navy career, calling it a "misunderstanding." According to the Texas Republican, Israel would have allowed humanitarian goods into Gaza after inspecting the relief flotilla -- but in reality, Israel is barring a wide variety of humanitarian items from entering Gaza. Meanwhile, on Fox News Sunday, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour complained about media coverage of the Gulf oil disaster and downplayed its severity.
May 24, 2010 10:21 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 23, 2010
On Sunday, Kentucky Republican Rand Paul's position on civil rights legislation dominated the political shows despite Paul's decision to bail on Meet the Press. Sarah Palin pushed the false notion that Paul was tricked by journalists, and Sen. John Cornyn downplayed the whole affair as a "stumble." But in reality Paul has consistently stated a sincere, controversial position. Elsewhere, Palin and Michael Steele leveled false attacks at the Obama administration's response to the oil spill in the gulf. The GOP leaders each charged that the government response has been slow. The fact is that the administration was involved from the morning after the explosion.
May 11, 2010 6:30 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Top Republicans Hypocritically Target Solicitor General Kagan's Experience
Republican Senators Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions, and John Cornyn have all criticized President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, for her lack of experience as a judge. However, in 2005, all three Republican leaders touted President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers, who also lacked both judicial experience and Kagan's impressive credentials.
May 11, 2010 3:39 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Cornyn Worried That Solicitor General Kagan Doesn't Have Empathy
May 10, 2010 5:24 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Will Treat Solicitor General Kagan Like Justice Sotomayor
March 24, 2010 10:51 am ET filed under Video
Sen. Cornyn Misleadingly Cites CNN Poll
March 22, 2010 10:58 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - March 21, 2010
On yesterday's political talk shows, Reps. John Boehner and Paul Ryan, Sen. John Cornyn, and RNC Chairman Michael Steele repeated worn out obstructionist talking points. Despite the GOP's slanderous attempts to derail health care reform, the bill will stop insurance company abuses, cut the deficit, create jobs, and provide millions of Americans with affordable health care coverage.
February 24, 2010 2:34 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Cornyn's "Nuclear" Hypocrisy
On February 24, 2010, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) referred to the reconciliation process as "the 51 vote nuclear option." However, reconciliation is not the same thing as the "nuclear option," which refers to an attempt to change the Senate rules. Additionally, Cornyn previously wrote that "the 51-vote rule is a consistent Senate tradition."
February 17, 2010 12:01 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Cornyn Defends GOP's Stimulus Hypocrisy: "No Contradiction"
January 25, 2010 9:01 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - January 24, 2010
After the game-changing Massachusetts special election and Supreme Court decision, much of the focus on this week's Sunday political talk shows was on strategic decisions for the coming year. Regarding the future of health care reform, Senators Cornyn, McCain, and McConnell attempted to convince viewers that the Republican Party has wanted to work with the Democratic majority on health care reform - when, in fact, the GOP has actively and openly fought the process every step of the way.
January 12, 2010 9:39 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Cornyn Falsely Stated Health Care Reform Would Kill Jobs
On January 12, 2010, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) falsely claimed health care bills in front of congress would kill jobs. In reality, provisions contained within the bills could create up to 400,000 American jobs within the next decade.
October 07, 2009 9:42 am ET filed under Fact Check
Senate Finance Republicans And The Private Health Industry
Since Senate Finance Republicans have accepted nearly $6 million from the private health industry, one has to wonder who will benefit the most from their votes.
September 24, 2009 2:07 pm ET filed under Video
Sen. Cornyn Watches Too Much Glenn Beck
Less than 24 hours after Glenn Beck performed a stunt featuring a frog and a pot of boiling water, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) invoked the exact same analogy.
July 15, 2009 1:21 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Cornyn: Puerto Rican Firefighter In Ricci Was Discriminated Against Because Of His Race
Aren't we supposed to believe the white firefighters were denied promotions because of their race? Sen. Cornyn can't have it both ways.
July 15, 2009 11:40 am ET filed under Blog
Judge Sotomayor Flusters Sen. Cornyn On Equal Opportunity
July 07, 2009 1:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Cornyn's Approach To Franken Doesn't Match Actions Of The Cornyn-Led NRSC
Sen. John Cornyn and NRSC Chairman Cornyn have taken different approaches to Sen. Al Franken's victory in Minnesota.
June 30, 2009 4:16 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Cornyn's Sotomayor Straw Man
Judge Sotomayor can't "continue to believe" something if she never actually believed it in the first place.
June 25, 2009 1:54 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Cornyn: Obama Not "Doing The Hard Work It Takes To Solve Big Problems"
How much "hard work" does it take to simply say "no"?
June 04, 2009 11:32 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Cornyn Uses Empty Rhetoric To Criticize The Administration For Using Empty Rhetoric
In a June 4, 2009 blog post on The Hill's "Congress Blog," Sen. John Cornyn criticized the Obama administration, writing, "We Need Real Health Care Reform, Not Reports And Empty Rhetoric." Sen. Cornyn proceeded to use empty rhetoric without offering any solutions for health care reform.
May 29, 2009 10:53 am ET filed under Blog
Republicans To Begin "Raising Concerns" About Judge Sotomayor's Nomination This Weekend
Contradicting their repeated insistence that they will need "adequate time" to examine Judge Sonia Sotomayor's record to prepare for her confirmation hearings, Republicans plan to spend the weekend laying the groundwork for opposition - despite the fact that, three days after her nomination was announced, Republicans still don't know "what specific concerns they will raise."
May 12, 2009 10:29 am ET filed under Blog
Does Michael Steele Care About Minnesotans? "Hell No"
RNC Chairman Michael Steele promised that former Sen. Norm Coleman's election challenge will "get bumped to the next level."
