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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 8, 2018 a Senate floor speech:
"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 22, 2018 an interview:
"I have consistently opposed shutdowns."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 12, 2018 a tweet:
In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2018
Democrats Rising
Democrats Rising
stated on November 26, 2017 a headline:
"Trump vows to end winter heating assistance for elderly and disabled."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on December 18, 2017 a news conference:
In Milwaukee, "murder is up an astonishing 57 percent."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2018
Freedom Partners
Freedom Partners
stated on October 26, 2017 TV ads:
"Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxes."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2017 a tweet:
The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 25, 2017 an interview:
"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on September 13, 2017 a tweet:
Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 18, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
Half-True
By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 29, 2017 Internet posts:
Says video shows Mike Pence quoting the Bible as justification for "Congress not to fund Katrina relief effort."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 31, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2017 an MSNBC interview:
"Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
David Frum
David Frum
stated on August 21, 2017 a tweet:
"No president in history has imposed larger personal lifestyle costs on the taxpayer than Donald Trump."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 23, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on July 14, 2017 a TV interview:
Says Scott Walker "has taken money away from internet expansion in our state."
Mostly False
By Devi Shastri • August 10, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 26, 2017 an op-ed in the New York Times:
"We are $20 trillion in debt. The Congressional Budget Office projects an additional $129 trillion of accumulated deficits over the next 30 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech:
Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 28, 2017
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 5, 2017 a meeting with nonprofit leaders:
For 22 percent of N.H. Meals on Wheels recipients, the delivery driver is "the only human contact in their life from week to week."
True
By Nick Reid • June 9, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on May 10, 2017 press conference about opioid addiction:
"I think if you look at the entire federal government and the president’s commitment to (fighting opioid addiction), you’ll see that there are actually hundreds of millions of dollars increase on this issue."
Half-True
By Ella Nilsen • May 26, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 a town hall:
"If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years."  
False
By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 2, 2017 a news conference:
"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2017
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