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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 25, 2009 a press release.:
"Secretary Geithner has left the option on the table" of abandoning the dollar for a multinational currency.
False
By Alexander Lane • April 1, 2009
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on February 5, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor.:
There is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that "students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired with this federal money, and have a prayer group or a Bible study."
False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on February 2, 2009 a comment at the daily White House press briefing.:
"There are no earmarks" in the stimulus bill.
False
By Bill Adair • February 4, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2009 a news conference:
"There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump-start the economy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 30, 2009
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 23, 2009 an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
"For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."
False
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2009
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 21, 2009 an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow."
False
By Robert Farley • January 23, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.:
"1.3-million people in America make their living off eBay."
False
By Alexander Lane, Janet Zink • October 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.:
"My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 Associated Press Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.:
"He's promising four more years of an administration that will push for the privatization of Social Security..."
False
By Robert Farley • April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 13, 2008 a flier sent to voters in Ohio:
"Hillary Clinton believed NAFTA was a 'boon' to our economy."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim, Bill Adair • February 25, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.:
''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''
False
By John Frank • November 13, 2007
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