Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Ad says workforce smaller under Barack Obama than any time since Jimmy Carter

October 8, 2012

Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."

Mitt Romney says Barack Obama has ‘doubled’ the deficit

October 5, 2012

Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.

Barack Obama says ‘Donald Trump is a small business’ in debate

October 4, 2012

"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."

Mitt Romney says up to 20 million will lose health insurance due to Obama health care law

October 4, 2012

"Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."

Mitt Romney says U.S. is ‘now spending 42 percent of our economy on government’

October 4, 2012

"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."

Obama says Romney wants to turn Medicare into a voucher program

October 4, 2012

Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."

Paul Ryan says a dozen ‘Obamacare’ taxes hit middle-class Americans

October 2, 2012

Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."

Barack Obama says taxes on families are at their lowest point in 50 years

September 28, 2012

"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."

NRCC says Illinois candidate David Gill would “end Medicare”

September 28, 2012

Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare."

Barack Obama says he’s responsible for just 10 percent of budget shortfalls

September 27, 2012

"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies…

Newspaper ad says Barack Obama will “force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers”

September 26, 2012

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."

Mitt Romney, in Spanish-language ad, says college costs are up 25 percent under Barack Obama

September 25, 2012

College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats."

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