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Latest Fact-Checks On Joe Biden

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2008 in a rally in Springfield, Ill.:
Says McCain "supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • August 23, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2008 in a speech in Springfield, Ill.:
Says McCain once said that on "the most important issues of our day, I've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush."
True
By Bill Adair • August 23, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 22, 2008 in a television interview:
John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 3, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 31, 2007 in a campaign event in Ames, Iowa:
"There's not a major bill I know with Hillary's name on it."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 7, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 31, 2007 in a campaign event in Ames, Iowa:
"John doesn't have a record in the Senate. John's only passed four bills. They're all about post offices."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 7, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 31, 2007 in a campaign event in Ames, Iowa:
"Barack Obama hasn't passed any (bills)."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 7, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad:
Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."
Mostly False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • December 31, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2007 in a TV ad:
"When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
True
By Bill Adair • December 12, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 30, 2007 in Philadelphia:
Rudy Giuliani is "probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency."
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Van Sickler • November 6, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 2, 2007 in statement on Web site:
"In the 1990s, the Biden Crime Bill added 100,000 cops to America's streets. As a result, murder and violent crime rates went down eight years in a row."
False
By Wes Allison • November 2, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 30, 2007 in Philadelphia:
"Here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. It was the Biden crime bill that became the Clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that."
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • November 2, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2007:
"First, he was in favor of my plan, now he's attacking it."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2007:
"First, he said he would take all of our troops out in six months, and now he acknowledges it would take a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2007:
"First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn't."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2007:
"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program."
True
By David Baumann • October 15, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 26, 2007 in Hanover, N.H.:
"There are 300,000 babies born deformed every year in this country because of women who are alcoholics while they're carrying those children to term."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 14, 2007 in a television ad.:
"Joe Biden is the only candidate with a plan to get us out of Iraq and keep us out."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2007 in CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston, S.C.:
"You know we can't just pull out now... The truth of the matter is: If we started today, it would take one year, one year to get 160,000 troops physically out of Iraq, logistically."
True
By Wes Allison • August 27, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 4, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa.:
"The president is brain-dead."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • August 24, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 23, 2007 in a news release.:
"Roadside bombs are responsible for 70 percent of casualties in Iraq and these new mine-resistant vehicles can reduce those casualties by two-thirds."
Mostly True
By David DeCamp • August 20, 2007
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