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Robin Wright
Robin Wright
stated on 2011-03-20 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
The coalition of Arab states against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on 2011-03-18 a private briefing to Members of Congress:
"The Congressional Budget Office has this economic model where they measure the economy going forward, and they are now telling us that the entire economy crashes in the year 2037 because their computer simulation can't conceive of any way in which the U.S. economy can continue."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2011
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway
stated on 2011-03-15 a letter to President Barack Obama:
Says the majority of Americans support gay marriage.
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • March 18, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on 2011-03-13 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the coast in California."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on 2011-03-13 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is true with Medicare and Medicaid."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-03-11 a press conference:
"Oil production from federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico reached an all-time high" in 2010.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-03-11 a press conference:
"Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on 2011-02-24 a political advertisement:
"2008: Unions Spent $400 Million to Elect Obama."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-03-11 a press conference:
"For the first time in more than a decade, imports accounted for less than half of (the oil) we consumed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 15, 2011
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
stated on 2011-03-08 a letter to fellow Members of Congress:
A bill that would halt the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases would help "stop rising gas prices."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on 2011-03-08 a C-SPAN interview:
"We now work the longest hours of any people around the world."
False
By Robert Farley • March 14, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on 2011-03-04 a post on his PAC's website:
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on 2011-03-07 a speech to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.:
"Any child born prematurely, according to the president, in his own words, can be killed."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2011
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2011-03-06 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Says iPads and iPhones "are built in the United States of America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-03-06 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2011
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on 2011-03-02 an interview on Fox News:
"Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself" from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 7, 2011
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on 2011-03-02 an interview on Fox News:
Says Justice Elena Kagan recused herself in "many cases where she had little role" as solicitor general, simply because of the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2011
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on 2011-03-02 a television ad:
Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. "  
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 4, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on 2011-02-25 his radio program:
Says Michelle Obama has 43 people on her staff; Nancy Reagan had just 3.
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 4, 2011
Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
stated on 2011-02-16 press release, Rep. Betty McCollum:
Says the Army is spending $7 million to sponsor a NASCAR team.
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • March 3, 2011
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