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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2009-11-17 her book "Going Rogue":
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on 2009-11-09 the 'Rachel Maddow Show':
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on 2009-11-09 Sean Hannity's show on Fox News:
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on 2009-11-10 his radio show:
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Wall Street Journal editorial page
Wall Street Journal editorial page
stated on 2009-11-02 an editorial:
The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 6, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on 2009-11-05 a press release:
"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 6, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on 2009-10-29 a news release:
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on 2009-10-29 a news release:
Research shows the employer mandate in the House health reform bill would "place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' — with minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on 2009-11-01 Fox News Sunday:
"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 3, 2009
Bono
Bono
stated on 2009-10-23 an interview with the Associated Press:
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 30, 2009
Concerned Women for America
Concerned Women for America
stated on 2009-10-28 the group's Web site:
The Democrats' health care bill "gives a new Health Choices Commissioner the right to look at an individual's tax return to determine what medical benefits or subsidies that person qualifies for."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2009
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on 2009-10-15 an interview on Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Channel:
"Husbands rarely beat up their wives. Single women get beaten up more."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 22, 2009
The Freedom Project
The Freedom Project
stated on 2009-10-19 a press release:
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 — the single largest in American history."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • October 22, 2009
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on 2009-10-18 an interview on CBS's Face the Nation:
"The first installment of health care reform ... will raise the deficit by $250 billion."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 20, 2009
America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on 2009-10-15 a televison advertisement:
Seniors with coverage under Medicare Advantage will give up "more than their share" because of health care reform
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2009
Save Flexible Spending Plans
Save Flexible Spending Plans
stated on 2009-10-14 a news release:
The Baucus health care bill "would drastically restrict the use of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) in order to help pay for health care reform."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2009
Jay Rockefeller
Jay Rockefeller
stated on 2009-09-21 a column in the newspaper Roll Call:
Insurance companies have seen their profits soar by more than 400 percent since 2001.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2009
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on 2009-06-11 during a U.S. Senate debate:
"The truth is any oil that would be drilled could be sent to any other country in the world, reducing our use of foreign oil not by one single drop."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2009
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on 2009-09-09 a letter to AARP:
AARP is "the largest reseller of insurance in the country" and "has a vested interest in seeing that the market for reselling supplemental insurance expands."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2009
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on 2009-09-28 a news release:
"House Republicans pledged to introduce a bill to reform America’s health care system," but "the 'party of no' has . . . failed to produce legislation."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • September 28, 2009
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