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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 3, 2010 a comment on Newsweek magazine's Web site :
"I never considered myself a maverick."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2010
Gil Kerlikowske
Gil Kerlikowske
stated on March 31, 2010 an interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal:
"More people are driving under the influence of drugs than are driving under the influence of alcohol. A recent roadside survey showed that 16 percent of the people tested, tested positive for illicit or licit drugs. That's significantly higher than alcohol."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 30, 2010 an interview on NBC's Today show:
"A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on March 21, 2010 a floor speech in the House:
"According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 24, 2010 an op-ed in the Des Moines Register:
"Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2010
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on March 21, 2010 an interview on CNN's State of the Union:
The health care bill will subsidize families of four that make more than $80,000 a year.
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2010
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
stated on March 22, 2010 comments on CBS's Face the Nation:
The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2010
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
stated on March 16, 2010 a speech on the House floor.:
The Democratic health care bill will "collect higher taxes for 10 years and provide health care for only six years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2010
John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth
stated on March 16, 2010 a speech on the House floor:
A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, "almost 40 percent" opposed it not because it goes too far, but because "they don’t think it goes far enough. ... They will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on March 14, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week:
"Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, any lobbyist could go into any legislator and say, if you don't vote our way on this bill, we're going to run a million-dollar campaign against you in your district."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2010
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on March 9, 2010 a speech on the House floor:
"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2010
America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on March 11, 2010 an advertisement:
"Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2010
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 8, 2010 a New York Times article:
"We are the only industrialized nation that relies heavily on a for-profit medical insurance industry to provide basic health care."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on February 21, 2010 a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week:
"When we started this health care debate a year ago, 85 percent of the American people had health insurance, and 95 percent of the 85 percent were happy with it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2010
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on March 7, 2010 a column in the Washington Post:
George W. Bush was "the least popular president in modern history."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 3, 2010 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live:
"President Obama's bill won't bring down the costs (of health care) for average Americans -- or really for very few Americans, if any."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 the book 'No Apology':
"The lifespan of the average American is less than that of people in nations that spend far less (on health care). ... To put it bluntly, we spend more and die sooner."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 28, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
The Democrats' health care bills would end "the denial of ... coverage to those who have a pre-existing condition," while the Republican bill would not.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on February 28, 2010 a roundtable segment on NBC's Meet the Press:
"The Republicans have repeatedly said that they agree with 80 percent of what's in our bill."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2010
Charles Boustany
Charles Boustany
stated on February 25, 2010 a comment at the president's health care reform summit:
The CBO found that the House Republican health care plan would lower premiums by "up to about 10 percent" and, for purchasers in the individual market, "those cost savings could even be higher."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
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