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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on 2011-07-18 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 2011-08-03 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 2011-08-02 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 2011-07-20 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 2011-07-24 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 2011-07-31 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 2011-07-31 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 2011-08-02 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 2011-07-31 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 2011-07-31 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 2011-08-01 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 2011-07-28 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 2011-07-26 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 2011-07-27 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
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on 2011-07-04 a house party in Belmont, N.H. :
Says that when he was governor of Utah, he worked with the state Legislature to create a flat tax that "cut income taxes by 30 percent."
Mostly False
By Kevin Landrigan, Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on 2011-07-24 a statement from the campaign:
Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on 2011-07-18 a house party in Henniker, N.H.:
In Europe, "church attendance rates (are) in the single digits" because churches are supported by taxes.
Mostly False
By Josh Rogers • July 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-07-25 a televised address:
"The deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year I took office."
True
By Robert Farley • July 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-07-24 a prepared statement:
Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2011-07-25 a televised speech:
The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2011
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