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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-07-25 a televised address:
"President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times.  George W. Bush did it seven times."
True
By Robert Farley • July 26, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on 2011-07-16 an interview with the 'Telegraph':
"When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program."
True
By Jake Berry • July 25, 2011
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on 2011-07-24 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Most countries have no debt ceiling."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-07-21 an interview on NPR:
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
stated on 2011-07-15 a column by Victoria Jackson:
"A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-07-05 a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.:
"Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance --  they can go to the hospital and get free care."
Mostly False
By Dan Gorenstein • July 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-08-11 a town hall in New Hampshire:
Said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on 2011-06-13 at a meeting arranged by the Small Business Caucus at the Kimball Jenkins House in Concord, N.H.:
Says the new Dodd-Frank financial law requires a 20 percent down payment to buy a house.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on 2011-07-18 a tweet:
"Since 2000, nearly 12 million Americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-07-05 a town hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.:
During his first year, President Obama said he "was going to visit Kim Jong-ll and Ahmadinejad and Assad and Chavez – the worst actors in the world."
Mostly False
By Josh Rogers • July 20, 2011
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on 2011-07-13 an interview on CNN:
"Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 19, 2011
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
stated on 2011-06-24 a news release:
Says that, unlike the U.S. Senate, "even the Libyan government, in the middle of a civil war, passed a budget on June 15, 2011"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2011
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on 2011-07-17 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-07-15 a press conference:
"The clear majority of Republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-07-15 a press conference:
"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on 2011-07-14 an interview with the 'New Hampshire Business Review":
"New Mexico is the second Hollywood" because of tax incentives for the film industry.
Half-True
By John Gregg • July 15, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on 2011-07-14 a television ad:
"Our country's got this huge debt, and (President Barack) Obama says raise taxes and keep spending more."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2011-06-22 a chain e-mail:
Says a quote at the top of the redesigned website for the Department of Justice comes from a socialist who wanted to impose global common law.
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • July 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-07-12 an interview with CBS News:
Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on 2011-07-10 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
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