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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.:
We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 20, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on February 29, 2008 in a graphic on the RNC website.:
"Obama's liberal fiscal agenda: Over $874-billion in new spending."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • February 29, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.:
"Let's not blame President Bush for all of this. We've got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 12, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich.:
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 16, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 1, 2007 in "Innovators in Action" magazine:
"The $2.3-billion budget deficit I inherited when I came into office became a $2.9-billion surplus."
Half-True
By Neil Skene • November 21, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 9, 2007 in an interview on CNBC.:
"John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending."
Half-True
By David Baumann • November 7, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 8, 2007 in a campaign Web site.:
"Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."
Half-True
By David Baumann • October 12, 2007
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