{"id":741,"date":"2009-06-26T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/26\/truth-squad-calling-out-bogus-claims-one-by-one\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:02:50","slug":"truth-squad-calling-out-bogus-claims-one-by-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/26\/truth-squad-calling-out-bogus-claims-one-by-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth Squad: Calling Out Bogus Claims One By One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the House debate proceeds, members of Congress are making some startling and downright incorrect claims on the floor. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/\">Truth Squad blog<\/a> is lobbing back the truth. Visit for gems of responses, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/26\/did-rep-lucas-even-read-the-bill\/\">Did Rep. Lucas even read the bill?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/26\/climate-action-opponents-just-cant-do-math\/\">Climate action&#8217;s opponents just can&#8217;t do math<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/26\/well-at-least-they-have-their-talking-points-down\/\">Well, at least they have their talking points down&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the House debate proceeds, members of Congress are making some startling and downright incorrect claims on the floor. Our Truth Squad blog is lobbing back the truth. Visit for gems of responses, including: Did Rep. Lucas even read the bill? 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