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Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
"The  firefighters, the policemen and others who supported (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker) in his election bid ... don't have to worry about their collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 21, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on February 15, 2011 an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show"
The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 14, 2011 an interview on Fox Business News
The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2011
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on February 11, 2011 a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
"Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security."
False
By Lucas Graves • February 17, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 14, 2011 a speech
The White House budget plan will bring domestic discretionary spending to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 13, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
The Obama administration "actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech by Wayne LaPierre at the Conservative Political Action Conference
"Across the board, violent crime in jurisdictions that recognize the Right to Carry is lower than in areas that prevent it."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference
"Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference
Under the White House’s budget proposal, "we will not be adding more to the national debt" by the middle of the decade.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 4, 2011 a comment on his television show
The Muslim Brotherhood has "openly stated they want to declare war on Israel."
False
By Lucas Graves • February 15, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech at the CPAC conference
"The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • February 14, 2011
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on February 13, 2011 a comic strip
Since Sept. 11, 2001, "270,000 Americans were killed by gunfire at home."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2011
Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur
stated on February 9, 2011 MSNBC Live
Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 11, 2011 a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
"In the month of January, Canada created more new jobs than we did."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 11, 2011 a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
"Today there are more men and women out of work in America than there are people working in Canada."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 8, 2011 a speech in Philadelphia
"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2011 a speech to the Chamber of Commerce
"Today, American companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 10, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman
Fox News "said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 7, 2011 a chain e-mail
Foreign Trade Zones allow U.S. "land to be inhabited by Chinese communists -- communists straight from China! They are to set up little towns and live here."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview with President Obama
The majority of people in polls do "not support Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 8, 2011
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