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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor:
On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address:
"President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address:
"A majority of Americans still oppose this health care bill."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in the State of the Union address:
"Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address:
The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
Half-True
By Bill Adair, Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney
stated on January 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House:
Democratic presidents "have been considerably more effective at creating private-sector jobs."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 21, 2010 in a chain e-mail:
Members of Congress passed a pay raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise Social Security benefits for 2010 and 2011.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2010
Kelly O'Donnell
Kelly O'Donnell
stated on January 19, 2010 in a segment on NBC's Today show:
In Massachusetts, Scott Brown's Republican affiliation is "not a secret, but clearly not on display."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on January 15, 2010 in a video blog post:
Chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the U.S. ranks 17th.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 3, 2010 in an interview on 'Meet the Press.':
"Most of the people that work in finance make $70,000, $80,000 a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2010
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on January 3, 2010 in a column in the Washington Post:
"Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on December 16, 2009 in a 'Wall Street Journal' column:
President Obama has "the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2009
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on December 13, 2009 in a Senate floor speech:
"Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 8, 2009 in his radio show:
A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on December 3, 2009 in his Fox News Channel show:
Labor union president Andy Stern is "the most frequent visitor" at the White House.
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 30, 2009 in a statement on his show on Fox News Channel:
Less than 10 percent of Obama's Cabinet appointees "have any experience in the private sector."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on November 23, 2009 in MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2009
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 20, 2009 in MSNBC's the 'Ed Show':
"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 in a widely circulated e-mail:
A data-storing microchip "would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 25, 2009
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on November 19, 2009 in a news release:
The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2009
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