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The latest Truth-O-Meter items written by Angie Drobnic Holan
John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon-Mobil."
Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 in a news release
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"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."
None Chain e-mail on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 in a chain e-mail
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Barack Obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that George W. Bush "repealed."
None Chain e-mail on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 in a chain e-mail
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On offshore drilling.
Republican John McCain on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in flip-o-meter
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On the Bush tax cuts.
Republican John McCain on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in flip-o-meter
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by Angie Drobnic Holan
John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon-Mobil."
Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 in a news release
>> Details
"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."
None Chain e-mail on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 in a chain e-mail
>> Details
Barack Obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that George W. Bush "repealed."
None Chain e-mail on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 in a chain e-mail
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On offshore drilling.
Republican John McCain on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in flip-o-meter
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On the Bush tax cuts.
Republican John McCain on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in flip-o-meter
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Recent stories by Angie Drobnic Holan
Obama attack too quick on the draw: Obama camp says McCain opposes a new bipartisan energy proposal. Not yet, he doesn't.
Return of the tax attack chain e-mail!: Anonymous e-mailers have fun distorting Barack Obama's tax policy.
Of hecklers and heating oil : Obama's town hall focuses on economic issues; protesters add to the mix.
McCain's slippery statement on oil: McCain talks about oil rigs and hurricanes, putting a positive spin on reality.
'Both ways Barack'?: A new TV ad from the conservative group Let Freedom Ring renews the charge that Obama is a flip-flopper. We check the facts.
Recent stories researched by Angie Drobnic Holan
Obama attack too quick on the draw: Obama camp says McCain opposes a new bipartisan energy proposal. Not yet, he doesn't.
Return of the tax attack chain e-mail!: Anonymous e-mailers have fun distorting Barack Obama's tax policy.
Of hecklers and heating oil : Obama's town hall focuses on economic issues; protesters add to the mix.
Here's a Wild one for you : Obama challenges McCain to a duel on taxes, noting he just may be related to legendary frontier lawman Wild Bill Hickok. We step back 60 paces and fire the truth.
McCain's slippery statement on oil: McCain talks about oil rigs and hurricanes, putting a positive spin on reality.
Angie Drobnic Holan is a news researcher for the St. Petersburg Times. As a reporter, she covered business and politics at newspapers in the Southeast, including the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register. She was previously a news researcher at The Tampa Tribune. She has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and is pursuing a master's of library science at the University of South Florida.
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