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DEMOCRATIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Myth: "Democrats haven't done anything this year."
FACT: House Democrats and President Obama have delivered more progress for America this year than George Bush and the Republicans did in the last eight. How about:
* The Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act to save and create millions of jobs and provide the largest middle class tax cut in history
* Improving and expanding health care by providing affordable health care for over 11 million children, guaranteeing advance funding for veterans' medical care, and lifting the ban on stem cell research
* The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to finally ensure that women earn equal pay for equal work
* A credit card holders' bill of rights to end unfair and anti-competitive practices
* The House passing landmark legislation to fight climate change, create green jobs, and invest in clean energy
* And most recently: The House passing the most sweeping health insurance reforms in over a century to finally make health insurance affordable for the middle class
HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
Myth: Health Insurance Reform will be a "government takeover."
FACT: Non-partisan PolitiFact.com calls this FALSE. Reform will not force anyone out of private coverage they already have. Instead, it will create an option to join a public plan. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), only 12 million would join the public option---- with 15 million MORE Americans enrolled in private plans in 2019.
Myth: Reform will add to the deficit.
FACT: CBO found that the House health care reform bill will actually REDUCE the deficit by $30 billion
Myth: Reform will lead to cuts in basic Medicare benefits and services.
FACT: AARP calls these scare tactics "false." They concluded that, "(n)one of the health care reform proposals being considered by Congress would cut Medicare benefits or increase your out-of-pocket costs for Medicare services." Instead, the bill reduces inefficiency and roots out waste and fraud.
For more information, check out www.HealthCareFactCheck.com
2010 ELECTIONS
Myth: "2010 will be 1994 all over again for the Republicans."
FACT: Unlike 1944, the latest polling shows how negatively most Americans view today's Republican Party:
* NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 25 percent have a positive view of the Republican Party. This ties the lowest point for the GOP in their survey---- that's even lower than during the Bush Presidency.
* Washington Post/ABC Poll: Just 20 percent identify as Republicans, marking their lowest point since 1983.
* Democrats have won all four Congressional special elections since President Obama was installed. Earlier this month, Democrats defeated Glen Beck and Sarah Palin's "tea party" candidate to win New York's 23rd District for the first time in more than 100 years.
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