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Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 a campaign ad
Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "supports a plan that would end Medicare as we know it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on January 16, 2014 a web ad.
Mark Warner voted for "nearly $1 trillion in new taxes and $7 trillion in new debt."
True
By Nancy Madsen • February 10, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2014 a Facebook post
The cost of the food stamp program is at an all-time high.  
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 13, 2014 a speech.
Virginia is "the No. 1 recipient of federal dollars."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • January 31, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 a response to the State of the Union address
Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 16, 2013 an interview.
"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech
"The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."  
Pants on Fire!
January 20, 2014
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on January 14, 2014 a press release
"Sens. Isakson’s, Chambliss’ Votes Against Unemployment Insurance Were Votes to Kill Nearly 6,000 Georgia Jobs."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 19, 2013 an interview
Members of the military don’t "contribute toward their pension."
True
January 12, 2014
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on December 11, 2013 an interview
"(Jack Kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the Georgia delegation put together."  
False
By Eric Stirgus • December 30, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 10, 2013 a press conference
The Murray-Ryan deal "is the first divided-government budget agreement since 1986."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • December 19, 2013
Peter Orszag
Peter Orszag
stated on December 15, 2013 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on December 11, 2013 an online video
Gov. Rick Scott "backed the federal shutdown."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 18, 2013
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at the American Enterprise Institute
"I did not support the sequester."
True
By Amy Sherman • November 26, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 a hearing
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
The United States "has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 18, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2013 an image shared on Facebook
Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 18, 2013
Goldie Taylor
Goldie Taylor
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"
"Our national debt is as low as it has been since World War II."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 12, 2013 a book
"The national debt is on track to double during Obama’s presidency."  
Mostly True
November 13, 2013
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