Latest Fact-Checks In Stimulus

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Club for Growth Action
Club for Growth Action
stated on October 21, 2022 in an ad:
Catherine Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote” to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners.
Mostly False
October 27, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 3, 2022
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2021 in a TV ad.:
Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 1, 2021
David Suetterlein
David Suetterlein
stated on August 9, 2021 in a floor speech.:
The General Assembly gave Gov. Ralph Northam “a $1 billion blank check.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 16, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News:
The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.:
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 in a CEO town hall:
"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 in a commentary on Fox News:
"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College:
"3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on June 18, 2014 in radio and television add:
U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue’s company took $3 million from the federal stimulus program that President Barack Obama created.
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • June 30, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad:
"Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 6, 2014 in a report:
The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice-presidential debate:
Says the Obama administration spent taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland (and) windmills in China.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 in a TV ad:
"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 9, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 28, 2012 in a mailer to voters:
The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2012
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on September 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
"The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 13, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate hopeful Tammy Baldwin voted for a $1 trillion stimulus bill that included a wasteful "$800,000 to replace light bulbs."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as  "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 12, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend "$144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine."
Mostly False
April 13, 2012
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