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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 13, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"The Affordable Care Act is bringing the cost of health care in our country down."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • May 16, 2013
Reclaim America PAC
Reclaim America PAC
stated on May 14, 2013 a TV ad
Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • May 15, 2013
Jason Chaffetz
Jason Chaffetz
stated on May 6, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."
False
By Becky Bowers • May 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2013 a press availability
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2013
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2013 a White House press briefing
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2013
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on May 9, 2013 an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2013
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on May 5, 2013 a web interview with ABC News
Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 5, 2013 a discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 30, 2013 a Fox News interview
"We are dealing with an administration that, quite frankly, has shown a reluctance to enforce the immigration law."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • May 7, 2013
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
stated on May 5, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 1, 2013 Web posts
"Pentagon confirms they may court martial soldiers who hold Christian faith."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 6, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 a White House news conference
For people with insurance, the only impact of the health care law "is that their insurance is stronger, better and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That's it. They don't have to worry about anything else."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 a press conference
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on April 25, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 26, 2013 a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 23, 2013 an interview with MSNBC
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 24, 2013 a House floor speech
"In barely four years in office, five jihadists have reached their targets in the United States under Barack Obama," compared to zero "in over seven years after 9/11 under George W. Bush."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2013
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