Latest Fact-Checks

Showing 22945-22956 of 26085 items

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says Democratic senators “rammed through” repair bill without hearings in 2009

February 23, 2011

In 2009, Democratic Wisconsin state senators "rammed through a billion-dollar tax hike in 24 hours with no public input."

Fox Business Network’s Eric Bolling says Wisconsin teachers get compensated nearly double those in private sector

February 23, 2011

In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.

Rep. Bill Posey criticizes Obama for underfunding NASA projects

February 23, 2011

"The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first…

Georgia Chamber says E-Verify has accuracy problems

February 23, 2011

A federal system that verifies employees are authorized to work in the U.S. is inaccurate "anywhere from 50 percent all the way up to in…

Garnet Coleman says unemployment is still 10 and 20 percent in some places of Texas

February 23, 2011

Says that in some Texas communities, "our unemployment rate is still at 10 and 20 percent."

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he campaigned on his budget repair plan, including curtailing collective bargaining

February 23, 2011

"I campaigned on (the proposals in the budget repair bill for Wisconsin) all throughout the election. Anybody who says they are shocked on this has…

Donna Brazile said that the Wisconsin governor proposes tax breaks for business

February 22, 2011

"The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations."

State worker fires back at Gov. Rick Scott, says workers have gone years without raises

February 22, 2011

"State employees haven't received a raise in five or six years."

Barack Obama says his budget will bring deficit to lowest level since Eisenhower

February 22, 2011

The president’s proposed budget "will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president."

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill asks “everyone to tighten their belts”

February 22, 2011

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in his budget repair bill "is showing that no stone goes unturned as he asks everyone to tighten their belts."

Wisconsin state Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, says like Hitler, Gov. Scott Walker is abolishing unions

February 22, 2011

Hitler "abolished unions and that’s what" Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is "doing today."

Virginia Senate Democrats say House of Delegates budget cuts $50 million from education spending

February 22, 2011

The House of Delegates budget bill "cuts $50 million from education."

Showing 22945-22956 of 26085 items