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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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