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Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 8, 2011 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 April 7, 2011 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 April 7, 2011 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 April 5, 2011 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 March 1, 2011 a news release
A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 4, 2011 a public appearance
Under a House Republican appropriations bill, "6 million seniors are deprived of meals."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on April 1, 2011 a column in the "Wall Street Journal"
The ratio of people working for the government and working in manufacturing today is "an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on April 1, 2011 a press release
Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 6, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 5, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today" show
"We’ve lost 26 million jobs … since (Obama’s) been president."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Charles Rangel
Charles Rangel
stated on April 4, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business network
"Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on April 3, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"We lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
"Every child born today inherits a $30,000 share in a national debt that stands at more than $13 trillion."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2011 an interview on ABC's "The View"
South Korea doesn't pay the United States for U.S. troops that protect their country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
"From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21 percent. … we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 1, 2011
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 31, 2011 a news release.
Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."
False
By Robert Farley • April 1, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 29, 2011 a radio interview
"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
"Ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation," the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 "because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 26, 2011 a speech at the Conservative Principles PAC Conference
"One. That's the number of new drilling permits under the Obama administration since they came into office."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2011 a televised address
"Regime change (in Iraq) took eight years"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 23, 2011 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
"American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
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