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stated on August 13, 2015 a meme on social media:

Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:

"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."

Mostly False

By Christian Belanger • August 12, 2015

John Kasich
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos:

Says he was "one of the chief architects" of balancing the federal budget.

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2015

John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2015 a tweet:

"In FY 2014 Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation" of "the Hyde amendment."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate:

"$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2015

David Perdue
stated on June 22, 2015 a press release:

The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.

Mostly True

By April Hunt • July 28, 2015

Club for Growth
stated on July 20, 2015 a statement:

Says David Jolly refused "to cut spending for a national greenhouse in D.C."

True

By Joshua Gillin • July 27, 2015

E.W. Jackson
stated on July 4, 2015 a news release.:

Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • July 13, 2015

MoveOn.org
stated on June 11, 2015 a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "voted to cut $700m from Medicare."

Mostly False

By Lucas Daprile • July 1, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015

Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech:

Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 a Facebook post:

"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech in Iowa:

"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on July 12, 2014 a roundtable with Texas businesses:

"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2015

Charles Schumer
stated on May 13, 2015 remarks to reporters:

"It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2015

Rob Wittman
stated on April 30, 2015 a news release.:

The 2005 round of military base closings "has not yet resulted in savings."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • May 15, 2015

Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 a tweet:

"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015

David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 his debut Senate floor speech:

The United States is "about to have the smallest Army since before WWII, the smallest Navy since WWI and the smallest Air Force ever."

Half-True

By April Hunt • May 4, 2015

Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 a meme on social media:

"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 14, 2015 a Twitter post:

"Americans will spend more on taxes in 2015 than on food, clothing and housing combined."

Half-True

By Dave Umhoefer • April 23, 2015

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