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AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on 2011-05-16 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 2011-05-17 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 2011-05-16 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 2011-05-16 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 2011-05-03 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 2011-05-17 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 2011-05-16 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 2011-05-16 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 2011-05-15 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 2011-05-10 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 2011-05-12 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 2011-05-12 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 2011-05-10 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 2011-05-11 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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on 2011-05-11 a campaign video:
During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-05-10 a speech in Austin, Texas:
Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2011-05-10 an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-05-10 a speech in El Paso:
The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent.
True
By Robert Farley • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-05-10 a speech in El Paso:
"The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
True
By Robert Farley • May 10, 2011
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
stated on 2011-05-08 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press":
During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2011
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