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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 1, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a campaign commercial:
Pat Toomey "still supports privatizing Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2010
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