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Latest Fact-Checks By Wes Hester

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Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on December 2, 2010 a news release.
The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000."  
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • December 11, 2010
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 6, 2010 a floor speech.
The national debt grew an estimated $15 billion last weekend.
True
By Wes Hester • December 9, 2010
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on November 16, 2010
Republicans "created a trillion dollar prescription drug entitlement program without paying for it." 
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • December 7, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 30, 2010
"The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years."
True
By Wes Hester • December 2, 2010
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
stated on November 15, 2010 a letter to Congress.
Since the Fed was created in 1913, "the U.S. Dollar has lost 98% of its purchasing power." 
Half-True
By Wes Hester • November 24, 2010
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on November 16, 2010 in a news release.
The health care reform law "reduces the deficit by nearly $1.2 trillion over the next two decades." 
Half-True
By Wes Hester • November 23, 2010
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
stated on November 15, 2010 a letter to Congress.
The dollar "has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002."  
Half-True
By Wes Hester • November 19, 2010
George Allen
George Allen
stated on November 13, 2010
President Obama, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi passed a "$1.2 trillion stimulus bill."
Pants on Fire!
By Wes Hester • November 16, 2010
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on November 11, 2010 n Op/Ed in The Financial Times
$65 billion "would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes."
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • November 14, 2010
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on November 9, 2010 a statement to Alexandria City Council
$65 million from ABC privatization will not pay for "even an overpass in Tysons Corner."
Mostly False
By Wes Hester • November 14, 2010
George Allen
George Allen
stated on November 5, 2010 a newspaper Op/Ed
The debt is "nearly $6 trillion more than when President Obama was sworn into office."
False
By Wes Hester • November 9, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on October 30, 2010 a letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
"The budget submitted by Obama will add more to the debt than the outstanding debt of the previous 43 presidents combined." 
True
By Wes Hester • November 7, 2010
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on October 12, 2010 a statement in the Times-Dispatch voters' guide
"If all of the [Bush-era] tax cuts expire on schedule, the budget will be close to being balanced in four years."
False
By Wes Hester • November 5, 2010
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on September 8, 2010 a statment on his website
"Congressman Nye voted against a bill which would have defunded the $5-10 billion" the IRS needed to implement  health care legislation.
False
By Wes Hester • November 1, 2010
Tom Perriello
Tom Perriello
stated on October 12, 2010 a TV ad
 "Senator Robert Hurt voted for a bill that’s raised your electric rates seven times."
False
By Wes Hester • October 30, 2010
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on October 14, 2010 a statement on candidate's web site
"Congressman Perriello voted in lock step with Nancy Pelosi 90 percent of the time."
Half-True
By Wes Hester • October 30, 2010
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 1, 2010 a TV ad
"Rigell's car dealership made over $400,000 off the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ bailout."
Half-True
By Wes Hester • October 30, 2010
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill
Half-True
By Wes Hester • October 28, 2010
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on October 4, 2010 a TV ad
Says Glenn Nye voted "in lock step with Nancy Pelosi" 83 percent of the time.
Mostly False
By Wes Hester • October 25, 2010
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