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Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Farley

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 15, 2009 remarks at the White House:
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 9, 2009 a speech:
"We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 14, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on December 8, 2009 a speech on the House floor:
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 8, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on December 7, 2009 a radio interview:
"I'm predicting (the Saints) will go not only undefeated, but all the way through the Super Bowl -- something that's never been done before."
False
By Robert Farley • December 8, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 30, 2009 a press release:
Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • December 1, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009
Mike Enzi
Mike Enzi
stated on November 19, 2009 a press release:
The Senate health care bill "would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage."
True
By Robert Farley • November 20, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 19, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail:
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 20, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 19, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail:
Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."
True
By Robert Farley • November 20, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, 'Going Rogue':
The McCain campaign "did not elaborate" on Obama's ties to ACORN.
False
By Robert Farley • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue:
Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."
False
By Robert Farley • November 16, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 12, 2009 his radio program:
"In the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • November 12, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 9, 2009 his Fox News program:
"Barack Obama won't even use the term 'war on terrorism.'"
True
By Robert Farley • November 12, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2009 remarks from the White House:
"History tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth."
True
By Robert Farley • November 9, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 5, 2009 a press release:
"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 6, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on November 5, 2009 a TV ad:
The Republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."
False
By Robert Farley • November 5, 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2009 a press release:
The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition." 
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 5, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 1, 2009 Fox News Sunday:
"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 3, 2009
Bono
Bono
stated on October 23, 2009 an interview with the Associated Press:
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 30, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on October 22, 2009 the daily White House press conference:
A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."
True
By Robert Farley • October 23, 2009
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