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Mick Mulvaney

In December 2018, President Donald Trump named Mick Mulvaney as his acting chief of staff. In 2017, Trump nominated Mulvaney to direct the Office of Management and Budget, and he was confirmed shortly after. Before, he served as the new U.S. Congressman for South Carolina's 5th District from 2010-2017. Mulvaney grew up in the Carolinas and went to Georgetown University. He attended law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later did additional course work at Harvard Business School.

His professional background includes law and real estate.

Mick Mulvaney

Latest Fact-Checks Of Mick Mulvaney

Mulvaney wrong that Donald Trump won’t profit from choosing Trump resort to host G-7
By Tom Kertscher
October 18, 2019

Says Donald Trump "will not be profiting" from the G-7 summit meeting to be held at Trump’s Doral resort.

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By Shefali Luthra
April 15, 2019

"Drug prices in this country actually came down last year for the first time in 50 years. That’s because Donald Trump’s president." 

Republican pre-existing protections leave some vulnerable
By Jon Greenberg
April 1, 2019

"Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions."

Did budget director Mick Mulvaney flip-flop on higher deficits?
By Louis Jacobson
October 4, 2017

On whether higher federal deficits are acceptable.

Fact-check: Did top Democrats vote for a border wall in 2006?
By Allison Graves
April 23, 2017

"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."

WH budget chief wrongly claims afterschool programs don’t work
By Jon Greenberg
March 21, 2017

"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."  

Mick Mulvaney’s misleading claim that House GOP health care plan keeps Medicaid expansion
By Lauren Carroll
March 14, 2017

The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."

Fact-checking White House criticism of CBO health care analysis
By Allison Graves
March 12, 2017

"If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes…

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By Jon Greenberg
October 18, 2013

The "president has given 1,100 special waivers to his friends" for Obamacare.

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