Latest Fact-Checks In Bush Administration

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show":
"Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 15, 2013
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch
stated on October 15, 2013 in a speech:
"Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top."    
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 27, 2013
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on June 4, 2013 in a House Ways and Means hearing:
"During the Bush administration, liberal groups were targeted" by the IRS, similar to recent targeting.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 6, 2013
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on February 13, 2012 in a TV interview:
Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office"
Mostly False
March 8, 2012
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 12, 2010 in a campaign statement:
Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 28, 2010
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on March 7, 2010 in a column in the Washington Post:
George W. Bush was "the least popular president in modern history."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 4, 2008 in a news conference in Baton Rouge, La.:
"I've supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how – what caused the tragedy. I've met with people on the ground. I've met with the governor."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 11, 2008