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Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on October 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News:
"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 12, 2013 an interview on WPRI's Newsmakers program:
Historically, the Social Security tax has been assessed on about 90% of U.S. income. Now it captures 83% because there's been such a growth of income among the highest earners.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 19, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 18, 2012 a news release:
"The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 23, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on September 6, 2012 an op-ed in 'The Hill':
"President Obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 19, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release:
David Cicilline was "required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months" until after the November 2010 election.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 a debate:
"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 21, 2012 a Facebook post.:
Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II. 
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2012
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