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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 13, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week'':
"The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 9, 2010 a Senate floor speech:
"A major part" of the climate change bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman "was essentially written by BP."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on June 6, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail:
"In 20 years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president by themselves."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail:
Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2010 a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet:
Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week'':
"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2010
Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas
stated on June 6, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
Turkey is an Arab country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on June 2, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Barbara Boxer's worried about the weather" instead of terrorism as the biggest threat to national security.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • June 4, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 4, 2010 a news release:
"This year, we have added an average of 200,000 jobs per month, a majority in the private sector, a stark contrast to the Bush Administration record of losing an average of nearly 750,000 jobs per month in its last three months."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2010
Mark Critz
Mark Critz
stated on May 27, 2010 a speech on the House floor:
"The Democratic Congress has already taken significant steps to create jobs and jump-start the economy, resulting in the lowest tax rates in over 50 years and the creation of over 500,000 new jobs so far this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2010 a press conference at the White House:
"The Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 25, 2010 a speech to young Republicans in Tampa:
Florida ranks "45th out of 50 states'' for its regulatory climate for business.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week:
The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2010
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show:
Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on April 16, 2010 a campaign commerical:
Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 a campaign commercial:
California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman "contributed to, and campaigned, for" Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on May 14, 2010 a campaign commercial:
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner, a Republican, "gave $10,000 to Al Gore's recount" effort in 2000.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2010
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
stated on May 11, 2010 an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz:
Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2010
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