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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
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
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
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
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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