Fact Check: Hockey overstates the power of congress to block Obama's emissions pledge

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Fact Check: Hockey overstates the power of congress to block Obama's emissions pledge

18 Nov 2014

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fact Check: Hockey overstates the power of congress to block Obama's emissions pledge

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Treasurer Joe Hockey claims it will be difficult for US president Barack Obama to deliver on climate change pledges because he must first get past a hostile US congress.
Verdict: Overstated

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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26 May 2020

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