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Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on May 5, 2013 television interview
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost every U.S. family $45,000.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • May 13, 2013
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
stated on April 28, 2013 a voters guide.
Says opponents of proposed Austin school district bonds say the district’s "debt load doubles with these new bonds."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 a statement on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program
"If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. She’s the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that I had to fix. Her mistakes. And for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. Her mistakes, along with her partner Jon Corzine."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • April 28, 2013
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on April 14, 2013 an interview with Central Florida News 13
"Rick Scott has paid down our debt by about $2 billion. Charlie Crist’s debt went up about $5 billion."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 17, 2013
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on March 19, 2013 a congressional hearing
The national debt is "larger than our entire annual economy."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead, Sabrina Eaton, W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 21, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
"Our debt now is about $140,000 per household."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 27, 2013
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 17, 2013 an interview on “Fox News Sunday”
"Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 26, 2013
JoEllen Smith
JoEllen Smith
stated on February 22, 2013 an editorial
Cobb is one of the largest school systems (in the nation) that is debt free.
True
By Janel Davis • March 15, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on February 21, 2013 an interview on Central Florida News 13
In a budget deal struck in 2011 "a trillion dollars of cuts went into effect immediately, and then a special committee was set up ... to get agreement on another $3 trillion of cuts."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 25, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on February 8, 2013 a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron"
Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar  - I call it mismanagement – deficit."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 21, 2013
David Cote
David Cote
stated on February 11, 2013 a speech during a “Fix the Debt” press event
"The only time in our history when the debt has been higher than this was the end of World War II."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • February 21, 2013
Bob Stacey
Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in a memo
Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."
False
By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 7, 2013 a Facebook post.
"The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 9, 2013 a press release
"Even if you took literally every single ounce of platinum in the world, it still wouldn’t add up to enough needed to pay down our nation’s debt."
True
By Jake Berry • January 14, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 14, 2012 a TV interview
"In the four years before I became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. We've paid it down $2 billion."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 10, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 18, 2012 a news release
"The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 23, 2012
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
stated on December 17, 2012 a press release
"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012
Caroline Casagrande
Caroline Casagrande
stated on October 26, 2012 an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record"
"Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • November 15, 2012
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