When you rebut someone’s argument you argue against it. To refute someone’s argument is to prove it incorrect. Unless you are certain you have achieved success, use “rebut.”
Democratic Congressman: 'Not Fair' To Subject Congress To Obamacare Just Like Everyone Else When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (?Obamacare?) was being debated, proponents were accused of saddling Americans with inferior and expensive health care while keeping generous coverage for themselves at taxpayer expense. To rebut that allegation and build confidence in the bill, a provision was added mandating that members of Congress ? and their staff members ? get their ...
June 13, 2013 - Forbes
TransCanada Steps Up Defense of Keystone XL Pipeline Faced with formidable opposition from environmentalists, TransCanada is redoubling its efforts to rebut claims made against its flagship project, the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline that the Canadian company is seeking President Obama’s permission to build from Alberta’s oil sands to the Gulf Coast.
June 12, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
Thousands Of Firms Trade Confidential Data With The US Government In Exchange For Classified Intelligence The rabbit hole just got deeper. A whole lot deeper. On Sunday we predicated that "there's one reason why the administration, James Clapper and the NSA should just keep their mouths shut as the PRISM-gate fallout escalates: with every incremental attempt to refute some previously unknown facet of the US Big Brother state, a new piece of previously unleaked information from the same intelligence ...
June 14, 2013 - Zero Hedge
Soccer God Messi Denies Tax Fraud Allegations on Facebook After being accused of tax fraud in Spain, international soccer demigod Lionel Messi took to Facebook to refute the allegations Spanish tax authorities on Wednesday accused the FC Barcelona and Argentine national team superstar and his father of weaseling out of more than $5 million in taxes between 2006 and 2009, according to Reuters . The pair is accused of using shell corporations in Uruguay ...
June 12, 2013 - Mashable
Soccer God Messi Denies Tax Fraud Allegations on Facebook After being accused of tax fraud in Spain, international soccer demigod Lionel Messi took to Facebook to refute the allegations Spanish tax authorities on Wednesday accused the FC Barcelona and Argentine national team superstar and his father of weaseling out of more than $5 million in taxes between 2006 and 2009, according to Reuters . The pair is accused of using shell corporations in Uruguay ...
June 12, 2013 - Mashable