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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2013 in a post on Twitter:
"500,000 people have signed up for #Obamacare."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2013
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 28, 2013 a campaign ad:
Says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has "blocked the Senate over 400 times."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2013
Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign ad:
Says Tom Cotton "voted to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 19, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign ad:
Says Mark Pryor "cut Medicare to pay for Obamacare."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • November 19, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
The United States "has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 18, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says the number of Democrats who voted for the GOP measure allowing health plan renewals is close to the number who voted on GOP bills to delay mandates on employers and individuals.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 17, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The (health care) law does not demand that all of these cancellations go out."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on the "Tonight Show":
"Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 15, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Politics Nation":
"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"Given how expansive our program already was," expanding Medicaid in New Jersey due to Obamacare "was a relatively small expansion."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 14, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno":
"In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2013
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on November 6, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
"Things went wrong with the Medicare prescription D plan that George Bush rolled out."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 13, 2013
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on November 12, 2013 a Web post:
Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 29, 2013 a YouTube ad:
Says Kay Hagan "supports waivers for friends of Obama and special treatment for Congress and their staffs."
False
By Julie Kliegman • November 7, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 29, 2013 a television ad:
Says "new mandates are already reducing full-time employment."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 4, 2013 a speech to Organizing for Action:
"What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on November 3, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2013 a speech in Boston:
Due to Obamacare, Arkansas "has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2013
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on October 30, 2013 testimony before Congress:
"If I have affordable coverage in my workplace, I'm not eligible to go into the marketplace. ... It’s illegal."
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • October 30, 2013
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