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Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 in a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 in a radio interview:
A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 14, 2014
Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow
stated on May 5, 2014 in a segment on "Ronan Farrow Daily":
Congress' decision to "spend less around the world" on embassy security contributed to "tragedies" like Benghazi.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 13, 2014
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on May 6, 2014 in a news conference:
Congress used earmarks "for more than 200 years."
Mostly True
By Tim Ryan • May 13, 2014
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on May 3, 2014 in an interview:
"Explosive growth in Medicare" is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on April 15, 2014 in a tweet.:
Says Virginia House Republicans are sacrificing $5 million a day in U.S. funds by refusing to expand Medicaid.
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • May 5, 2014
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on April 15, 2014 in a town-hall meeting:
President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 4, 2014
Anissa Naouai
Anissa Naouai
stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 13, 2014
Thomas Garrett Jr.
Thomas Garrett Jr.
stated on April 2, 2014 in an op-ed.:
Federal money for Medicaid expansion "is guaranteed for a few years and then goes away."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 13, 2014
John E. Sununu
John E. Sununu
stated on April 6, 2014 in a panel on "Meet the Press":
The health care law reduces "the number of uninsured in America by 3 percent for how much money? $2 trillion."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 in a committee hearing:
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014
CATPAC
CATPAC
stated on March 10, 2014 in a campaign mail flier:
"Ralph Hall has never voted to raise the debt ceiling."
False
By Sue Owen • March 31, 2014
Chris Chocola
Chris Chocola
stated on March 19, 2014 in an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel:
Says Sen. Thad Cochran "voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2014
John McCallum
John McCallum
stated on March 18, 2014 in a video:
"A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment they're placed in their mother's arms."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014
Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel
stated on March 2, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • March 5, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 in a TV interview:
"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014
Texas Liberty PAC
Texas Liberty PAC
stated on February 22, 2014 in a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin:
Says Lamar Smith "sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 23, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Under current policies, "we're going to reduce the overall debt of the United States by $3 trillion over the next 10 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014
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