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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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George Will
George Will
stated on February 21, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 24, 2010 in an advertisement by the Florida Democratic Party:
Bill McCollum "cost the rest of us billions" as a member of Congress, including a national debt that "skyrocketed" to $4.7 trillion.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 24, 2010 in an advertisement by the Florida Democratic Party:
Bill McCollum voted four times to raise his own pay, by a total of $51,000, and earns a congressional pension worth more than $75,000 a year.
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on February 23, 2010 in a television advertisement:
"As bank president, Alex Sink eliminated thousands of Florida jobs while taking over $8 million in salary and bonuses."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on February 19, 2010 in a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston:
"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2010
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on February 4, 2010 in a press conference:
The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2010 in an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building:
"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 14, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2010
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on February 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:
President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 8, 2010 in a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program':
Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 4, 2010 in a press conference:
The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 in an interview with FoxNews.com:
"Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' "
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 in a town meeting in New Hampshire:
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 31, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2010
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