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Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on November 26, 2007 Web "Spend-O-Meter"
"If Sen. Hillary Clinton could enact all of her campaign proposals, taxpayers would be faced with financing more than $777.6-billion in new spending over one White House term."
Mostly True
By David Baumann • November 26, 2007
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on November 26, 2007 a Web site.
"Hillary's baby bond proposal would give $5,000 to each of the 4-million babies born in the U.S. each year, totaling $20-billion per year, multiplied by four years = $80-billion."
False
By David Baumann • November 26, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2007
"Mayor Giuliani's lawsuit killed the line-item veto."
Mostly True
By David Baumann • November 7, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 9, 2007 an interview on CNBC.
"John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending."
Half-True
By David Baumann • November 7, 2007
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on October 3, 2007
"With the resources it takes to execute just over three months of the Iraq war, we could fully fund the expansion of health care for needy children that Bush vetoed."
Mostly True
By David Baumann • October 15, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2007
"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program."
True
By David Baumann • October 15, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.
"Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'"
False
By David Baumann • October 15, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 8, 2007 a campaign Web site.
"Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."
Half-True
By David Baumann • October 12, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 25, 2007 a speech in Nashua, N.H.
"We spent $223-million on a bridge in Alaska to an island with 50 people on it."
False
By David Baumann • October 12, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 4, 2007 a comment to a reporter.
"We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country."
True
By David Baumann • October 12, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2007 a television ad.
"The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes."
Half-True
By David Baumann • September 21, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 26, 2007 a television ad.
"Took on the Olympics and turned them around"
Mostly True
By David Baumann • September 18, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on September 3, 2007
"Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary."
Pants on Fire!
By David Baumann • September 10, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2007 the campaign's website.
"During his tenure in Washington and in the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama has accumulated a record of bipartisan success."
Half-True
By David Baumann • September 9, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 11, 2007 a TV ad, in an endorsement by Illinois State Sen. Kirk Dillard
"Sen. Obama worked on some of the deepest issues we had and was successful in a bipartisan way."
True
By David Baumann • September 8, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 21, 2007 article on his campaign Web site
We live in "a time of historically low violent crime rates and historically high gun ownership rates nationally."
Half-True
By David Baumann • August 29, 2007