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Latest Fact-Checks By Catharine Richert

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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 25, 2010 a statement at the health care summit
The health care bill will "create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 8, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 1, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on February 18, 2010 a radio ad
"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system." 
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • February 25, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 17, 2010 a Facebook post
"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"
False
By Catharine Richert • February 23, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2010 an op-ed in 'USA Today'
"In the three months before the act took effect, America lost 750,000 jobs a month. In the last three months, we've lost about 35,000 jobs a month."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 17, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 a speech to members of the Tea Party
Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."
False
By Catharine Richert • February 9, 2010
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on February 2, 2010 a Senate budget hearing
"The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of the public debt.'"
True
By Catharine Richert • February 5, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 2, 2010 comments at a congressional hearing.
On whether he supports 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'
Full Flop
By Catharine Richert • February 4, 2010
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on January 31, 2010 an interview with Barbara Walters
"Federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts."
False
By Catharine Richert • February 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican retreat in Baltimore
Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • January 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 his State of the Union speech
"At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 his State of the Union address
"We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."
False
By Catharine Richert • January 28, 2010
Dick Armey
Dick Armey
stated on January 24, 2010 an interview with NBC
"Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats."
False
By Catharine Richert • January 25, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 17, 2010 a fundraiser in Florida
"As long as I have served . . . This is the first time every single solitary decision has required 60 senators."
False
By Catharine Richert • January 22, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on January 17, 2010 on ABC's This Week
Obama's job approval rating is up.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • January 18, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on January 15, 2010 an op-ed in the Washington Post.
When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • January 15, 2010
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on December 30, 2009 a conference call
"I haven't missed a vote since 1993."
True
By Catharine Richert • January 6, 2010
James Inhofe
James Inhofe
stated on December 7, 2009 CNN's 'The Situation Room'
The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."
False
By Catharine Richert • December 12, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on December 9, 2009 an op-ed in the 'Washington Post'
"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 11, 2009
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