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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
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with "Fox News Sunday":
"The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 26, 2014
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on January 22, 2014 an online statement:
In the past three years, state legislatures have "enacted more of these restrictions (on abortion) than in the previous 10 years combined."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 24, 2014
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on January 21, 2014 an interview with MSNBC:
Marijuana today is "genetically modified," with THC levels that "far surpass the marijuana" of the 1970s.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 24, 2014
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview on Fox News:
"Forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2014 a Saturday radio address:
"Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2014
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
stated on January 19, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony."
False
By Katie Sanders • January 19, 2014
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