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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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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
By Tom Kertscher • November 13, 2013
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on November 4, 2013 CNN's "Crossfire" roundtable:
"When you add a dollar value to mandates," government took almost 50 percent "of the American people’s money."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on October 3, 2013 a radio interview:
Common Core "is not from the federal government," they "do not have their fingerprints on this thing at all."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2013
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 29, 2013 a newspaper op-ed:
According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • October 22, 2013
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
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion piece. :
Says "nearly 30,000" federal employees in Oregon were furloughed during the government shutdown.
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 17, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 15, 2013 an email and social media posts:
Congressional lawmakers earn their salaries "FOR LIFE," which for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would add up to "$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • October 17, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 an interview as quoted in a news story:
The federal government "has $3 trillion in cash flow, so we can pay our bills" and won’t default.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 an advertisement:
Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."
Mostly False
By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 a press release:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., "opposes a vote on his own legislation that he proposed just a few months ago."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 as quoted in a newspaper article:
A congressional laundry closed due to the partial government shutdown.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on October 2, 2013 a TV interview.:
"It’s been 4 and a half years since the United States Senate passed a budget."
False
By Nancy Madsen • October 14, 2013
Bill Burton
Bill Burton
stated on October 8, 2013 an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire":
Democrats already agreed to "a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2013
Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross
stated on October 7, 2013 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times:
"For the first time since the Korean War, total federal spending has gone down for two years in a row."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on October 4, 2013 messages on Twitter:
The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on October 5, 2013 a tweet:
"Obama has jumped the shark and ordered the ocean closed!"
False
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on October 2, 2013 an interview on CNN:
There is "a constitutional issue" that affects "the paychecks of members of Congress" during a shutdown.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
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