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Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
stated on October 20, 2013 a tweet
Says under President Barack Obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2013
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on October 20, 2013 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"As a result of Obamacare, we are becoming something of a part-time employment country."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2013 a public address
"Half of all CEOs say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 21, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on October 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 16, 2013 an interview with CBS News
The "president has given 1,100 special waivers to his friends" for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 16, 2013 a conversation with reporters
"Virtually every person across this country has seen premiums going up and up and up" due to Obamacare.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in a press release
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 15, 2013 an email and social media posts
Congressional lawmakers earn their salaries "FOR LIFE," which for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would add up to "$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • October 17, 2013
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on October 9, 2013 a column
"No doctors who went to an American medical school will be accepting Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2013
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on October 14, 2013 a robocall
Says U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted to cut off Florida’s veterans and their benefits."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 16, 2013
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on October 9, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2013
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 a press release
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., "opposes a vote on his own legislation that he proposed just a few months ago."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2013
Bill Burton
Bill Burton
stated on October 8, 2013 an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire"
Democrats already agreed to "a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 7, 2013 a campaign ad
Says Sen. Mark Pryor voted for "special subsidies" for lawmakers and staff in Congress "so they’re protected from Obamacare."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 3, 2013 an MSNBC interview
The health care marketplaces have "no privacy protections."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 9, 2013
Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross
stated on October 7, 2013 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times
"For the first time since the Korean War, total federal spending has gone down for two years in a row."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2013
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 6, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on October 4, 2013 messages on Twitter
The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 6, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2013
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