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Latest Fact-Checks In Ethics

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Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on June 5, 2008 in in a news release:
Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.
False
By PolitiFact Staff • June 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 22, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.:
"I think we came down here (to Florida) one time ... but we weren't actively fundraising here."
False
By Robert Farley • May 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.:
When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.' "
True
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.:
McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign."
True
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.:
"Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2008 in an online ad.:
"Hillary Clinton has taken over $800,000 from lobbyists."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 8, 2008 in Washington, D.C.:
Barack Obama's network of small donors constitutes a "parallel public financing system."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 in a television ad.:
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on March 16, 2008 in an interview with the mtvU editorial board:
Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians."
True
By Robert Farley • March 27, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on March 16, 2008 in an interview with the mtvU editorial board:
"(Obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and PACs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee."
True
By Robert Farley • March 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 20, 2008 in a news conference in Columbus, Ohio:
"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."
Mostly True
By Amy Hollyfield • March 3, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on January 18, 2008 in in Pahrump, Nev.:
Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..."
False
By Robert Farley • January 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas:
"Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 18, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 17, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. :
"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."
False
By Bill Adair • January 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas:
"I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2008
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas:
"I believe, Senator Clinton, you've raised more money from those people (the oil and gas industry) than any candidate, Democrat or Republican."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."
True
By John Frank • January 6, 2008
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg:
"I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
True
By Janet Zink • November 29, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on October 30, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.:
Clinton has "raised the most money from Washington lobbyists ... from the health industry, drug companies, health insurance companies (and) the defense industry."
Mostly True
By Miranda Blue • October 31, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.:
"I'm the only person on this stage who has worked actively just last year passing, along with Russ Feingold, some of the toughest ethics reform since Watergate."
Half-True
By Nell Benton • October 31, 2007
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