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Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 a campaign ad
North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let insurance companies "deny coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2014
Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken
stated on February 5, 2014 a YouTube campaign announcement
Says Rep. Renee Ellmers voted for the government shutdown 21 times.
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • February 12, 2014
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on February 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • February 9, 2014
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 4, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 2, 2014 a chain email forwarded by readers
Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • February 6, 2014
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on January 29, 2014 a blog post
"According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 4, 2014 a tweet
Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview with CNN
"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • February 4, 2014
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 a response to the State of the Union address
Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union address
"For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union speech
"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on January 28, 2014 the Republican response to the State of the Union address
"Last month, more Americans stopped looking for a job than found one."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of Union address
During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with CNN
"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.
False
By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Under President Barack Obama, "We’ve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 26, 2014
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