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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 an address at the Tea Party convention
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
Half-True
February 9, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.
"The Texas Department of Transportation... misplaced a billion dollars."  
Mostly True
January 22, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a campaign blog entry during the GOP gubernatorial debate
"The Trans-Texas Corridor is dead."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 18, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 5, 2009 an interview on the Charlie Rose Show
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 8, 2009
Robert Bennett
Robert Bennett
stated on July 15, 2009 a news release.
The Obama administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for roadside signs to tout the economic stimulus.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on June 18, 2009 a Fox News interview
Under the "Cash for Clunkers" program, "all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500."
False
June 22, 2009
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 30, 2009 an interview on "The Today Show"
"When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2009 remaks made at an electric car testing center
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 24, 2009 the Republican response to Obama's speech to Congress
The stimulus bill includes "$8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009
John Mica
John Mica
stated on January 28, 2009 a comment quoted in the Washington Post.
Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • January 28, 2009
Spencer Bachus
Spencer Bachus
stated on November 19, 2008
"Even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at General Motors is still $75 an hour."
False
January 14, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 8, 2008 a TV ad
Palin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • September 8, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech in St. Paul, Minn.
"That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech at the Republican Nationention in St. Paul, Minn.
"I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere."
Half-True
September 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 30, 2008
On support for the Bridge to Nowhere.
Full Flop
September 1, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 30, 2008 a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.
"Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • January 31, 2008
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