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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Doug Muder
Doug Muder
stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog:
Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 27, 2014
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."  
False
By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on October 19, 2014 in an episode of "Meet the Press":
"Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 14, 2014 in a television ad:
Says David Perdue wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, which would cost Georgia schools $1 billion a year and eliminate millions in student loans.
Half-True
By April Hunt • October 22, 2014
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 7, 2014 in an interview for "Inside Texas Politics" on WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas:
My office sends federal "money back every year."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 in a speech at Northwestern University:
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on September 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News:
"We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 in a speech at Northwestern University:
"When I took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. Today, it's approaching 3 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2014
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on September 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted to keep the shutdown going."
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 1, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate:
"94 percent of those that are employed by the Department of Education at the federal level were deemed by the department as nonessential employees."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2014
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on September 19, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • September 25, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says opponent Mary Burke says she "supports Obamacare unequivocally and wants to expand it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2014
Joe Garcia
Joe Garcia
stated on September 5, 2014 in a web ad:
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 16, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 4, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says cuts to Medicare affect people who have already "paid in. We paid for it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 4, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Democratic Senate candidate "Bruce Braley voted to cut $700 billion from Medicare to support Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2014 in a speech in Milwaukee:
"We cut our deficits by more than half."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 28, 2014 in statement at a town hall meeting:
"Kids coming from an affluent background" are "taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants" while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab.
Mostly False
By Devon Waugh • August 13, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters:
"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa:
"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014
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