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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 11, 2011 a debate in Ames, Iowa
When Standard & Poor's "dropped our credit rating, what they said is, we don't have an ability to repay our debt. ... I was proved right in my position" that the debt ceiling should not have been raised.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa
Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 11, 2011 in a debate in Ames, Iowa
"The country's bankrupt." 
False
By Becky Bowers • August 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa
"We created a flat tax in the state of Utah."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa
"We're inches away from no longer having a free economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 a debate in Ames, Iowa
"Obamacare was patterned after (Mitt Romney's) plan in Massachusetts."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 18, 2011 a television campaign ad
"In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes."
False
By Maryalice Gill • August 10, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on August 3, 2011 an interview with "The State" newspaper
The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 2, 2011 a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.
The United States has "the longest surviving constitution."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • August 8, 2011
Buddy Roemer
Buddy Roemer
stated on July 20, 2011 candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H.
Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
Half-True
By Gregory Trotter • August 5, 2011
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on July 24, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The government's twice the size it was 10 years ago. It's 30 percent bigger than it was when (Barack) Obama became president."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2011
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 31, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Tax increases under Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm led to state unemployment going from 6.8 percent to 15.3 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2011
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on July 31, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of its economic growth? Cutting did not result in economic growth."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 2, 2011 a Senate floor speech
There was a "loss of eight million jobs during the Bush eight years."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 31, 2011 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
"The average Republican voter thinks there should be some revenue as part of this deal."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 31, 2011 remarks from the White House
The debt ceiling deal will result in "the lowest level of annual domestic spending since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 1, 2011 a message on Twitter
"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 2, 2011
Ken Langone
Ken Langone
stated on July 28, 2011 an interview on CNBC
In contrast to President Barack Obama, who "is not acting presidential," President Ronald Reagan "would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on — that's how much he revered the presidency."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 26, 2011 a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2011
Judson Phillips
Judson Phillips
stated on July 27, 2011 a "Washington Post" opinion piece
"Our government has spent $2.6 million to teach Chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 29, 2011
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