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Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on 2011-04-01 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 2011-04-01 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 2011-04-05 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 2011-04-04 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 2011-04-03 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 2011-01-11 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 2011-03-23 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 2011-01-11 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 2011-03-31 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 2011-03-29 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 2011-01-11 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 2011-03-26 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 2011-03-28 a televised address:
"Regime change (in Iraq) took eight years"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on 2011-03-23 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
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
stated on 2010-07-10 a news report:
"A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says Planned Parenthood Federation of America cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on 2011-03-23 televised interviews:
On whether the United States should intervene in Libya.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2011
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on 2011-03-22 MSNBC's "Last Word":
"Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant."
True
By Robert Farley • March 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2007-12-07 an interview with the "Boston Globe":
On the president unilaterally authorizing a military attack "that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2011
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on 2011-02-09 a House floor speech:
The U.S. gives foreign aid to Cuba and Venezuela, even though those countries are our enemies.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2011
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on 2011-03-17 Fox's "O'Reilly Factor":
"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 22, 2011
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