Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

Clear
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 18, 2010 a press release
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years."
Half-True
March 18, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 14, 2010 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
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 4, 2010 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 an address at the Tea Party convention
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
Half-True
February 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 27, 2010 the Republican response to the State of the Union
"The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 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
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 the Jan. 14 GOP gubernatorial debate
Says Gov. Rick Perry was for Wall Street bailout before he was against it.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 10, 2010 the Washington Post
The Obama administration "raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years."
Half-True
January 15, 2010
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
December 8, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 10, 2009 his radio show
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Wall Street Journal editorial page
Wall Street Journal editorial page
stated on November 2, 2009 an editorial
The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 6, 2009
The Freedom Project
The Freedom Project
stated on October 19, 2009 a press release
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 — the single largest in American history."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • October 22, 2009
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on October 18, 2009 an interview on CBS's Face the Nation
"The first installment of health care reform ... will raise the deficit by $250 billion."
Half-True
October 20, 2009
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on August 2, 2009 CNN's State of the Union with John King
Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. "spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy" and "trillions" each on a war and on Medicare drug benefits.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 7, 2009 a speech at the White House.
Pay-as-you-go "is the principle that helped transform large deficits into surpluses in the 1990s."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • May 7, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago."
Half-True
By David DeCamp • October 10, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 30, 2008 a TV ad
"Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • October 1, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech at the Republican Nationention in St. Paul, Minn.
"I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere."
Half-True
September 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2008 remarks to U.S. Conference of Mayors
John McCain "opposed legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers pork."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 25, 2008
Previous Next