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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Kirsten Powers
Kirsten Powers
stated on April 12, 2015 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 a Senate floor speech
"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview
"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 a speech in Concord, N.H.
"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • March 27, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 23, 2015 a Tweet
"From 2013-2015, the richest 14 Americans increased their net wealth by more than $157 billion, yet the Republican budget would not require these Americans to contribute one penny to deficit reduction."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • March 27, 2015
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 18, 2015 the 2016 Budget Resolution from House Budget Committee
Under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.
True
By April Hunt • March 27, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 a speech
Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."  
True
March 2, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on February 16, 2015 a Facebook post.
"...Over 30 years, federal spending on education has grown by 375 percent, but test scores remain flat."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • March 2, 2015
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 26, 2015 oped commentary
The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 18, 2015
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 a tweet
"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Detroit
"The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • January 22, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2014 social media postings
"Newly Elected Republican Senators Sign Pledge to Eliminate Food Stamp Program in 2015."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2015
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview
Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."
Mostly True
December 19, 2014
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 15, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2014 an interview
"We’re borrowing 20% of (the federal) budget."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 3, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 a campaign ad
As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014
Doug Muder
Doug Muder
stated on October 20, 2014 a post on the Weekly Sift blog
Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 27, 2014
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."  
False
By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on October 19, 2014 an episode of "Meet the Press"
"Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2014
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