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Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh
stated on 2011-04-17 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Every time we've cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-04-13 a speech at George Washington University:
The Republican budget plan "says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400 more than you would today."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 18, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-04-13 an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
"The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on 2011-04-14 a fundraising e-mail:
"Americans will pay more in taxes in 2011 than they will spend on groceries, clothing and shelter combined."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on 2011-04-13 a House floor speech:
"Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Patrick Kennedy • April 15, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on 2011-04-10 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-04-13 a speech at George Washington University:
"In the last decade, the average income of the bottom 90 percent of all working Americans actually declined. The top 1 percent saw their income rise by an average of more than a quarter of a million dollars each."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-04-13 a speech:
"By the end of this decade, the interest we owe on our debt could rise to nearly $1 trillion."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2011
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on 2011-04-10 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will  "participate in the same kind of health plan that members of Congress do."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 13, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-04-13 a speech.:
"Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget."
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on 2011-01-11 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
President Obama has "stopped using the phrase 'war on terror.' "
True
By Robert Farley • April 13, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on 2011-04-07 an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on 2011-01-11 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
"In 2009, we cut state spending in real terms for the first time in 150 years."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 12, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on 2011-04-04 an interview on Fox News:
"Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2011
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on 2011-04-08 a Senate floor speech:
Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on 2011-04-07 an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
"I have the No. 1 show on NBC."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on 2011-04-07 a "Today Show" interview:
Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."
False
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2011-04-05 a public statement:
"We’ve introduced a bill that includes $12 billion in cuts over the next week."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2011
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Stabenow
stated on 2011-03-01 a news release:
A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on 2011-04-04 a public appearance:
Under a House Republican appropriations bill, "6 million seniors are deprived of meals."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
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