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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 1, 2013 a press briefing at the White House:
Says a majority of Americans -- and Republicans -- support his approach for deficit reduction.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • March 1, 2013
Ami Bera
Ami Bera
stated on February 26, 2013 a House floor speech:
Due to the sequester, "people are going to be unsafe. Homes are going to burn."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2013
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on February 24, 2013 an appearance on "Face the Nation.":
"There are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips" because of sequestration.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2013
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview on Fox News:
Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 28, 2013
Raymond LaHood
Raymond LaHood
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
"There's going to be a slowdown and delays in flights" as a result of the sequester.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • February 27, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on February 21, 2013 an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan:
"When I ran against incumbent President Gerald Ford, you know how much money we raised? None."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on February 21, 2013 an interview on Central Florida News 13:
In a budget deal struck in 2011 "a trillion dollars of cuts went into effect immediately, and then a special committee was set up ... to get agreement on another $3 trillion of cuts."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 25, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C. :
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 13, 2013 an article in the Daily Caller:
Says after Hurricane Sandy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg "refused to allow the National Guard into the city to restore civil order because Guardsmen carry guns!"
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 20, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 13, 2013 an op-ed for the Daily Caller:
"The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 20, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 13, 2013 an op-ed in the Daily Caller:
"Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke • February 19, 2013
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on February 12, 2013 a media availability with reporters:
"The majority of (the American people) voted for a Democratic House."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
stated on February 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post":
Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.
True
By Bill Adair • February 18, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor:
Says of a failed cloture vote on nominating Chuck Hagel for defense secretary: "This is not a filibuster."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union speech:
"Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of (Medicare’s) health care costs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address:
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
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