Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Jon Kyl says abortion services are “well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does”

By Louis Jacobson

April 8, 2011

Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does."

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Donald Trump says his show is No. 1 on NBC — is he right?

By Louis Jacobson

April 8, 2011

"I have the No. 1 show on NBC."

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John Boehner says interim spending bill would cut $12 billion

By Louis Jacobson

April 7, 2011

"We’ve introduced a bill that includes $12 billion in cuts over the next week."

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Debbie Stabenow says government shutdown “could disrupt” veterans’ benefits

By Louis Jacobson

April 6, 2011

A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."

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Nancy Pelosi says GOP bill would deprive 6 million seniors of meals

By Louis Jacobson

April 6, 2011

Under a House Republican appropriations bill, "6 million seniors are deprived of meals."

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Steve Moore says ratio of people working in government, manufacturing is “an almost exact reversal” of pattern in 1960

By Louis Jacobson

April 6, 2011

The ratio of people working for the government and working in manufacturing today is "an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960."

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RNC Chair Reince Priebus says U.S. has lost 26 million jobs under Barack Obama

By Louis Jacobson

April 6, 2011

"We’ve lost 26 million jobs … since (Obama’s) been president."

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Charlie Rangel says last president to seek congressional permission for war was FDR

By Louis Jacobson

April 5, 2011

"Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war."

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George Will says most recent recession killed more jobs than previous four recessions combined

By Louis Jacobson

April 4, 2011

"We lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined."

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Tim Pawlenty says every child is born with a $30,000 share of the U.S. debt

By Louis Jacobson

April 4, 2011

"Every child born today inherits a $30,000 share in a national debt that stands at more than $13 trillion."

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Donald Trump says South Korea doesn’t pay United States for troop presence

By Louis Jacobson

April 1, 2011

South Korea doesn't pay the United States for U.S. troops that protect their country.

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Rick Santorum says one of every three pregnancies ends in an abortion

By Louis Jacobson

March 31, 2011

"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."

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