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Recovery.gov
Recovery.gov
stated on November 17, 2009 data on its Web site:
52 jobs have been saved or created in Florida's 34th Congressional District.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 19, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story":
During the Reagan administration, "Millions of people were thrown out of work."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 8, 2009
George Will
George Will
stated on August 23, 2009 an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
Most of the stimulus money will be spent "not this year, not next year, but in 2011."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • August 26, 2009
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on July 8, 2009 a PBS interview.:
"We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 9, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 2, 2009 a Web ad:
"In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 7, 2009
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on July 2, 2009 a television ad:
Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . .  health care for Kentucky's children," and "fair pay for women."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 6, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 8, 2009 a press release.:
Says Vice President Joe Biden "admits that the American people are being scammed" with the economic stimulus package.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • June 8, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2009 a speech:
In the 100 days since its passage, the economic stimulus has "saved or created nearly 150,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 29, 2009
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on February 5, 2009 remarks made in the Senate:
The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that only 15 percent of this stimulus package will be spent in 2009" and only 37 percent in 2010.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 26, 2009 a news release:
"The (economic stimulus) legislation could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 2, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2008 Cincinnati, Ohio:
"AIG executives ... (took) a junket for over $400,000. Twice."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • October 14, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.:
House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan.
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • September 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 24, 2008 a speech in Dunedin, Fla.:
 "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 16, 2008 Golden, Colo.:
"In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 an interview on CNN's "American Morning":
"I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2008 a conversation with reporters aboard plane:
"I have little doubt that we've moved into recession at this point."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • July 25, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 an e-mail:
John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a "second job" and "skip their vacations."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 22, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 9, 2008 campaign event in Westport, Conn.:
After Reagan took office, "we didn't raise taxes and we didn't cut entitlements. What we did was we cut taxes."
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • April 18, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 24, 2008 a debate in Boca Raton.:
Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 24, 2008
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