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

Clear
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 17, 2010 a speech on the House floor.:
"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 30, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 3, 2010 a news conference:
"Ohio ranks 46th in the country in putting dollars in the classroom."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • November 30, 2010
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on November 23, 2010 an interview with the St. Petersburg Times:
"Seven more people will die each and every day until the Legislature ratifies these (pain clinic) rules that are being approved by the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health."
Mostly True
By Lee Logan • November 24, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 11, 2010 a news release:
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • November 22, 2010
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 17, 2010 a news release:
"Because of (U.S. Sen.-elect Ron) Johnson’s leadership, Senate Republicans adopted a caucus ban on earmarks."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 22, 2010
Richard Lugar
Richard Lugar
stated on November 16, 2010 a prepared statement:
"Eliminating earmarks does not reduce spending."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2010
Art Acevedo
Art Acevedo
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview.:
Texas leads "the country in drunk driving fatalities."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 2, 2010 a TV interview:
"We’ve been able to create about 60,000 net new jobs" in Virginia since February.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • November 17, 2010
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on November 2, 2010 a post-election interview.:
"This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • November 16, 2010
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on November 11, 2010 n Op/Ed in The Financial Times:
$65 billion "would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes."
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • November 14, 2010
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
"My debt to GDP was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. My taxes to GDP was the lowest and my spending to GDP" was too.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 2, 2010 a TV interview:
Has created 60,000 net new jobs since taking office.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • November 12, 2010
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on November 3, 2010 a news release:
"It is a commitment voters take very seriously: The only incumbent in Ohio to break his Pledge and vote for Ted Strickland's income tax hike was defeated soundly on Tuesday."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • November 12, 2010
Allen Alley
Allen Alley
stated on November 8, 2010 a website:
Oregon’s budget has grown by 49 percent in just four years.
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 12, 2010
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 19, 2010 a TV interview.:
Republican plan to extend Bush tax cuts "would double deficit projections going forward for the next couple of decades."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • November 11, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign television ad:
Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 11, 2010
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on September 29, 2010 a news release:
In 2011, Milwaukee Public Schools "will provide 77 cents in employee benefits for every dollar it spends on wages."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 10, 2010
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 8, 2010 an Orlando rail conference.:
"The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 9, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on October 18, 2010 an interview:
Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 9, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The interest on the debt now is going to approach in the next couple of years ... what we spend in the national defense budget."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2010
Previous Next