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The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would "privatize Medicare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 23, 2011 a speech to announce his presidential candidacy
"For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 24, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 18, 2011 a Web ad
"Unions don’t have to comply with Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2011
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on May 23, 2011 a public appearance and an op-ed
On whether he would vote for the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
"The new light bulbs will cost roughly six times the cost of the light bulbs we now use."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2011
Amy Kremer
Amy Kremer
stated on May 17, 2011 an interview on "The Colbert Report"
"We bring in enough tax revenue to service our debt, pay for Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, and then still have about $300 (billion) or $400 billion left over."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 20, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
"The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 20, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 3, 2011 a chart posted on her Flickr account
Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 17, 2011 comments in various media outlets
On supporting the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 16, 2011 a speech in Chicago
On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 16, 2011 an interview with Bloomberg television
"In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
"The (border) fence is now basically complete."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 16, 2011
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor"
The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2011 a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.
President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 11, 2011 a presidential campaign announcement video
"For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
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