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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 2, 2011 a statement published in the "Bakersfield Californian":
"The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2011
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on January 2, 2011 CBS's "Face the Nation":
"We can save $125 billion in simply not giving out money to Medicare recipients that don't exist for procedures that didn't happen."
False
By Robert Farley • January 4, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 10, 2010 a news conference:
"It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • November 18, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 14, 2010 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
A recent report from the president's deficit commission was "completely empty" on controlling health care costs.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 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
George Allen
George Allen
stated on November 5, 2010 a newspaper Op/Ed:
The debt is "nearly $6 trillion more than when President Obama was sworn into office."
False
By Wes Hester • November 9, 2010
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on October 12, 2010 a statement in the Times-Dispatch voters' guide:
"If all of the [Bush-era] tax cuts expire on schedule, the budget will be close to being balanced in four years."
False
By Wes Hester • November 5, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 13, 2010 a TV ad.:
Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 27, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on October 24, 2010 a debate:
"Middle-class families throughout America (would) have to pay $6,000 per year" to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 24, 2010
Raymond LaHood
Raymond LaHood
stated on September 6, 2010 a speech at a Labor Day rally in Milwaukee:
"It’s coming. Nobody can stop this train."
False
By James B. Nelson • October 7, 2010
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 10, 2010 a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign:
Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 7, 2010 campaign TV and radio ads:
Says Mark Neumann = Nancy Pelosi
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Lee Bergquist • September 9, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on August 30, 2010 a Rhode Island News Channel debate:
"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 8, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"There's still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don't we stop it."
False
By Robert Farley • August 10, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on July 18, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2010
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on July 6, 2010 a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann':
"Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Bill Clegg
Bill Clegg
stated on June 24, 2010 candidate web page:
The U.S. deficit "increases at $3 million per second."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2010
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 24, 2010 a Senate floor speech:
"When George Bush took office, President Clinton, a Democrat, and the Democratic Congress at the time had left an annual budget that was in surplus."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 22, 2010 a Senate floor speech:
Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 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
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