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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on February 20, 2025 a Senate floor speech
“The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2025
WinSenate
WinSenate
stated on October 24, 2024 a Facebook ad
“Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.”
Half-True
By Mia Osmonbekov • November 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 7, 2024 his State of the Union address
The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 7, 2024 a State of the Union address
"We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2024
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 1, 2023 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 9, 2023 an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo
Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Sevana Wenn • July 13, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on April 10, 2023 a town hall in Salix, Iowa
There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.
Half-True
By Matthew Crowley • May 1, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 30, 2023 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer
“In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 20, 2023 a speech at the White House
“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 10, 2023 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 18, 2022 an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes"
“This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on August 22, 2022 a tweet
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Tori Gantz • September 1, 2022
Adam Laxalt
Adam Laxalt
stated on July 30, 2022 a tweet
A Democratic bill negotiated between Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would "increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2022
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
stated on July 24, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2022
One Nation
One Nation
stated on July 16, 2022 ads
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
Half-True
July 28, 2022
Carla Sands
Carla Sands
stated on January 19, 2022 an ad
Joe Biden's “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is "the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years."
Half-True
February 1, 2022
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 15, 2021 Twitter
“Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • July 9, 2021
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on June 28, 2021 a Facebook post
“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”
Half-True
By Jason Asenso, Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2021
Randy Feenstra
Randy Feenstra
stated on April 28, 2021 a tweet
"Only <6% of the $2.1 trillion 'infrastructure' bill contains funding for roads & bridges.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • April 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2021 a Facebook post
“Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.
Half-True
March 30, 2021
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