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Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 21, 2010 a chain e-mail:
Members of Congress passed a pay raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise Social Security benefits for 2010 and 2011.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on January 15, 2010 a video blog post:
Chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the U.S. ranks 17th.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on January 10, 2010 a television interview:
"A number of the national publications have put this race in a tossup race between Democrats and Republicans. They don't know who's going to win this race."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 12, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 2, 2009 a campaign video:
Says she has "quadrupled agents to secure our border."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 12, 2010
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on January 3, 2010 a column in the Washington Post:
"Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on December 22, 2009 an interview with Fox News:
"In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson ... got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for Medicare Advantage patients in their state."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 24, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 22, 2009 an interview with the Washington Post:
"I didn't campaign on a public option."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 23, 2009
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 30, 2009 an interview on 'The Ed Show.':
"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 4, 2009
John Murtha
John Murtha
stated on December 2, 2009 the show 'Hardball With Chris Matthews':
"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • December 4, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 30, 2009 a press release:
Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • December 1, 2009
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 20, 2009 MSNBC's the 'Ed Show':
"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2009
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
stated on November 19, 2009 a newsletter:
"Although Democrats represent only 10 of Florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 24, 2009
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on November 19, 2009 a news release:
The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2009
Recovery.gov
Recovery.gov
stated on November 17, 2009 data on its Web site:
52 jobs have been saved or created in Florida's 34th Congressional District.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 19, 2009
Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
stated on November 12, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show':
A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 12, 2009 her show on MSNBC:
"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal subsidy of any kind, you're not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 12, 2009 a note on Facebook:
Under the House health care bill, the government "will have to penalize citizens if we choose not to buy a plan that will cost a minimum of about $15,000 per family per year."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 13, 2009
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on November 7, 2009 a statement on the House floor:
Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • November 9, 2009
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on November 1, 2009 an interview on ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
There is majority support for the Democrats' health care plans.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on October 26, 2009 a letter to President Obama:
A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2009
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