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Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
stated on November 19, 2009 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 28, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 16, 2009 in radio advertisement for U.S. Senate campaign:
"Here in Florida, I’ve slashed government by 10 percent. That's $7 billion."
Mostly False
By Janet Zink • October 26, 2009
Senior Citizens League
Senior Citizens League
stated on October 1, 2009 in a letter to members:
A "massive" federal computer network will make your medical records available to "millions of people" with a "complete lack of privacy and confidentiality," while doctors and hospitals who don't take part face "stiff penalties."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2009
Health Care for America Now
Health Care for America Now
stated on October 15, 2009 in a television ad:
Health proposal would create a "40% tax on health care benefits of middle-class workers."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2009 in his weekly address:
"The Senate Finance Committee approved a reform proposal that has both Democratic and Republican support."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 19, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on October 8, 2009 in his radio program.:
"You don't know if this (the H1N1 vaccine) is gonna cause neurological damage like it did in the 1970s."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 14, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 5, 2009 in an interview on the Charlie Rose Show:
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 8, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 in his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story":
During the Reagan administration, "Millions of people were thrown out of work."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 8, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on October 4, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post:
The cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 5, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 29, 2009 in a press conference:
After Fahrenheit 9/11 came out, "Bush's approval rating never was better, it only got worse."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 1, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on September 30, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post:
Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 30, 2009
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