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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour:
"The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 7, 2010 a prepared speech:
Grocery prices "have risen significantly over the past year or so."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The interest on the debt now is going to approach in the next couple of years ... what we spend in the national defense budget."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 30, 2010 a Saturday address:
Members of Congress did not have three days to read the bill "when the stimulus was rushed into law."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on October 25, 2010 a campaign commerical:
"North Dakota's economy is reeling."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 23, 2010 a campaign commerical:
Blames Mike McIntyre and Nancy Pelosi for the second straight year of no cost-of-living increases for Social Security beneficiaries.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
Stabilizing the recent financial crisis "will cost less than 1 percent of GDP," which is less than the 2.5 percent to fix the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2010
Robert Dold
Robert Dold
stated on October 26, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Dan Seals has been running for office "since before there were, like, iPods."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on October 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
In the past two years, Democrats have "spent more money than this country has spent in the last 200 years combined."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 6, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Michael Bennet cast the deciding vote" for the stimulus and the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 21, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann":
"More private-sector jobs were created in the first eight months of 2010 than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2010
SEIU
SEIU
stated on October 20, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"You worked hard for your money and you paid your taxes when you earned it. Now, (Indiana Republican congressional candidate) Todd Young wants to tax it again when you spend it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2010
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on October 11, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Pat Toomey "still supports privatizing Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2010
John Raese
John Raese
stated on October 18, 2010 a debate:
Under the new health care law, "the first person (a) patient has to go to is a bureaucrat. That is called a panel."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on October 15, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2010
Christine O'Donnell
Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 14, 2010 a debate:
"We haven't yet taken out a negative ad."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on October 7, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Sharron Angle voted to protect sex offenders."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2010
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on October 13, 2010 a televised debate, disputing a claim by Republican Christine O'Donnell:
New Castle County's unemployment rate has not almost doubled in the last two years.
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2010
Christine O'Donnell
Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 11, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons "thought that a 911 call should be taxed."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2010
Pat Quinn
Pat Quinn
stated on September 30, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Says Illinois gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady's first priority after winning the primary "was to sponsor a bill that would mass-euthanize sheltered dogs and cats in gas chambers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2010
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