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Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 9, 2010 an op-ed article
"No member of the American public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power — a record unmatched by other fuels."
True
By Hadas Gold • April 22, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."
True
April 18, 2010
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
John Paul Stevens is the only Protestant on the U.S. Supreme Court.
True
By Catharine Richert • April 14, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 24, 2010 an op-ed in the Des Moines Register
"Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2010
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on March 21, 2010 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
The health care bill will subsidize families of four that make more than $80,000 a year.
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2010
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
stated on March 21, 2010 a news conference
"There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation."
True
March 23, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on March 10, 2010 a message on Twitter
"House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."
True
March 12, 2010
America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on March 11, 2010 an advertisement
"Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 16, 2010 comments on his television show
"When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women."
True
By Alex Holt • March 8, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 the book 'No Apology'
"The lifespan of the average American is less than that of people in nations that spend far less (on health care). ... To put it bluntly, we spend more and die sooner."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
"Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."
True
February 25, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 19, 2010 a press release
In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."
True
February 19, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2010 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 3, 2010 Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor"
"A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country."
True
February 10, 2010
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on February 2, 2010 a Senate budget hearing
"The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of the public debt.'"
True
By Catharine Richert • February 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 a town meeting in New Hampshire
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on January 31, 2010 NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses."
True
February 3, 2010
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican retreat in Baltimore
"Mr. President, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions" on health care.
True
By Bill Adair • January 29, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a blog post
"President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
True
January 28, 2010
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