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Latest Fact-Checks On Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 13, 2008 in a television ad
Hillary Clinton "has the only health care plan that covers every American."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2008 a conference call to reporters led by Cilnton pollster Mark Penn
"Senator Obama has, in fact, never had a serious Republican challenger."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • February 12, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 20, 2007 Iowa
In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama "voted 'present,' instead of yes or no" on seven votes involving abortion rights.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • February 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 31, 2008 a debate in Los Angeles
"George Bush sent people to war without body armor."
Mostly True
February 4, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 21, 2008 a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."
Mostly False
January 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 a debate in Las Vegas
The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again."
Half-True
January 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 a debate in Las Vegas.
"You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 debate in Las Vegas
"So that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That's why I voted against it."
False
January 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • January 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2007 a speech in Knoxville, Iowa
"Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts."
Half-True
By Asjylyn Loder • January 2, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 18, 2007 a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa.
"I can't sign money. That's illegal."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • December 19, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2007 a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.
"The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth."
Mostly False
By John Frank • December 18, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 13, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa
"George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "
True
By Michael Van Sickler • December 17, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2007 Knoxville, Iowa
"Thanks to President Bush's policies....The income gap is now higher than at any time since the Great Depression."
Half-True
December 15, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 5, 2007 New York, N.Y.
"Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000."
True
December 15, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 20, 2007 a speech in Shenandoah, Iowa
"A ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the USDA ... But a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration."
True
By Bill Adair • December 10, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 2, 2007 a news release
"Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said.
True
December 6, 2007
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