Latest Fact-Checks By Jacob Geiger

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Tim Kaine says unmarried couples should be allowed to adopt

May 27, 2011

On whether judges should be allowed to place children with gay couples who wish to adopt.

Terry McAuliffe says Virginia has no repayment plan for its new transportation debt

May 18, 2011

"The $1.8 billion in [transportation] bonding, we don’t have a repayment mechanism."

Jim Moran says U.S. oil production at highest level since ’03

May 11, 2011

"American oil production is at its highest level since 2003."

Rep. Eric Cantor says 10,000 baby boomers a day are becoming eligible for benefits

May 4, 2011

"You’ve got each day 10,000 new seniors, baby boomers, becoming eligible for the entitlement programs."  

Gerry Connolly says GOP Medicare plan would line the pockets of private insurance companies

April 30, 2011

Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan "lines the pockets of the private insurance companies," increases costs for seniors and does not reduce the deficit.

Randy Forbes says the U.S. pays China $73.9 million per day in debt interest

April 26, 2011

"Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt."

Mark Warner says federal spending is near all-time high, relative to GDP

April 22, 2011

"Right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our GDP [is] being spent on the federal government. But our…

Ward Armstrong says Appalachian Power wants a 10 percent rate hike

April 19, 2011

"[Appalachian Power] wants another 10 percent rate increase. The compensation package for CEO Mike Morris rose 22 percent to $8.7 million in 2010."

George Allen says Tim Kaine proposed $6 billion in tax increases while governor

April 16, 2011

Tim Kaine proposed "over $6 billion in tax increases from the time he entered the governor’s mansion until the time he left."

Jamie Radtke says George Allen voted to raise debt ceiling four times while in office

April 15, 2011

George Allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the No Child…

Barack Obama says foreign aid makes up 1 percent of U.S. budget

April 13, 2011

"Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget."

Robert Hurt says cap and trade would cost 50,000 Virginia jobs

April 12, 2011

A cap-and-trade bill would "destroy over 50,000 jobs in Virginia."

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