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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
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
February 19, 2010
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on February 4, 2010 a press conference
The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2010 an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2010 an op-ed in 'USA Today'
"In the three months before the act took effect, America lost 750,000 jobs a month. In the last three months, we've lost about 35,000 jobs a month."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 17, 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
February 12, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 4, 2010 a press conference
The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 a speech to members of the Tea Party
Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."
False
By Catharine Richert • February 9, 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
February 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 a town meeting in New Hampshire
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 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
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
January 30, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a live-blog post during the State of the Union address
"President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech
"We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • 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
January 28, 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
January 15, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 9, 2009 a speech
"We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
Half-True
December 14, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on December 8, 2009 a speech on the House floor
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."
Half-True
December 8, 2009
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
stated on November 19, 2009 a newsletter
"Although Democrats represent only 10 of Florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 24, 2009
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