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Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Farley

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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 17, 2010 a press release
The stimulus includes "$219,000 to study the sex lives of female college freshmen."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 17, 2010 a press release
"$100,000 in stimulus funds (were) used for a Martini Bar and Brazilian Steakhouse."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 19, 2010 a press release
The stimulus includes "$7 million to build a bridge in Thedford, Nebraska, to help 168 residents avoid a 30-second wait at a local train crossing. Not one full-time job will be created."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 19, 2010 a press release
In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."
True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2010 an interview on CBS
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 11, 2010 a press release
Despite touting the economic stimulus as a great triumph, "The very same report, however, notes that unemployment will average 10 percent for the rest of the year."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 12, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 3, 2010 Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor"
"A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country."
True
By Robert Farley • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 an address at the Tea Party convention
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 1, 2010 remarks on the budget
"We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 4, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on January 29, 2010 his Fox News program
"Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on January 31, 2010 NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses."
True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican retreat in Baltimore
"What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."
False
By Robert Farley • January 30, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a blog post
"President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
True
By Robert Farley • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 his State of the Union address
"Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • January 28, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 22, 2010 a press release
"PWNED: House GOP Dominates Twitter, YouTube, Social Media in Congress."
True
By Robert Farley • January 25, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 28, 2009 a chain e-mail
The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants."
False
By Robert Farley • January 21, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 28, 2009 a chain e-mail
The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession."
False
By Robert Farley • January 21, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 17, 2010 a speech in Boston
On the importance of an independent voting record
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • January 18, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 10, 2010 the Washington Post
The Obama administration "raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • January 15, 2010
Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson
stated on December 22, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor
A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska."
False
By Robert Farley • December 23, 2009
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