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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 2, 2011 a statement published in the "Bakersfield Californian":
"The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2011
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on January 2, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on December 13, 2010 an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal":
"Since January 2008 the private sector has lost nearly 8 million jobs while local, state and federal governments added 590,000."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 13, 2010 a television interview:
"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2010
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on December 1, 2010 a meeting of the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission:
"One in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2010
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 12, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 30, 2010 a Senate floor speech:
"Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 30, 2010 a Senate floor speech:
In 2007, "the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," which is "more than the entire bottom 50 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on November 18, 2010 a Senate floor speech:
There are "10 or 20 deaths a year from foodborne illness" in the United States.
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2010 a press conference:
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when Medicare began, "it was a small program."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2010 a press conference:
"There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2010
Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
stated on December 5, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
The Pentagon's survey about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy found that 92 percent of service members "agree that they could serve ... in a unit in combat" without compromising "mission readiness."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2010
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Manufacturers
stated on December 2, 2010 a statement:
Says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 1, 2010 comments to reporters:
"The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes...."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2010
Mike Mullen
Mike Mullen
stated on November 21, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Historically," Senate ratification of arms control treaties "has been bipartisan."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on November 28, 2010 an interview on "NBC's Meet the Press":
Said the Washington Post argued that a failure to pass the START treaty this year would be "no calamity," and that the Associated Press said "the administration concedes the security risk is not immediate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2010
Richard Lugar
Richard Lugar
stated on November 16, 2010 a prepared statement:
"Eliminating earmarks does not reduce spending."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2010
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Federal spending is "the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We now consume at the federal level 25 percent of the gross domestic product. Historically we were at 20 percent. So we've taken 5 percent away from the private sector."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
"My debt to GDP was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. My taxes to GDP was the lowest and my spending to GDP" was too.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2010
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