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Latest Fact-Checks In Financial Regulation

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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview on "The Daily Show"
Says the government has "gotten the TARP money back plus a profit."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 28, 2012
Sylvia Romo
Sylvia Romo
stated on May 20, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on February 27, 2012 a television ad
"Obama’s flush with cash, returning to Wall Street for even more money. … Wall Street sure supports President Obama."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 26, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.
"In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 27, 2012
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2011 an op-ed piece in the Washington Times
The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law’s hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up "an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 22, 2011
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 15, 2010 a press release
The financial regulatory bill "will kill jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2011
Glenn Nye
Glenn Nye
stated on August 12, 2010 a TV ad
 Says he "voted no on the Wall Street bailouts."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 25, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad.
"Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2010
Patriot Majority PAC
Patriot Majority PAC
stated on August 17, 2010 a campaign commercial
The Chilean "privatization scheme" that Sharron Angle supports "has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2010
David Gregory
David Gregory
stated on July 25, 2010 an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press
"25 percent of our economy is the financial sector."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2010
David Segal
David Segal
stated on June 17, 2010 a statement on his campaign website
"As Washington debates cracking down on the big Wall Street banks, I’ve passed legislation that does so."
Mostly False
By Cynthia Needham • July 7, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a Democratic U.S. Senate debate against Rep. Kendrick Meek
"If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • June 28, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on June 22, 2010 a Democratic U.S. Senate debate
Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2010
Lainey Melnick
Lainey Melnick
stated on April 23, 2010 an e-mail blast
Says U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith supported the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in 2008, "but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 19, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on May 9, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, cast votes for TARP, the stimulus, and an individual mandate for health care.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
The financial services bill will end "too-big-to-fail."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on April 19, 2010 a Senate floor speech
The financial services regulatory bill "will end taxpayer bailouts."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2010
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