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Matt Miller
Matt Miller
stated on 2011-02-24 a column in the Washington Post:
Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget "roadmap … doesn't balance the budget until the 2060s and … adds an unthinkable $62 trillion to the national debt between now and then."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2011
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
stated on 2011-02-27 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
The 2006 Massachusetts health care law has "added (only) about 1 percent to our state budget."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on 2011-02-28 an interview on a radio show:
Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on 2011-02-27 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"Most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for benefits, nor for pay."
True
By Robert Farley • March 2, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2011-02-24 a chain e-mail:
Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on 2011-02-24 on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
"The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than the union states do."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on 2011-02-16 a blog post:
"From 2003 to 2006, 'Sesame Street' made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales."
True
By Robert Farley • February 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-02-15 a press conference:
If there’s a government shutdown, "people don’t get their Social Security checks."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2011
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on 2011-02-22 an interview on the Fox News Channel:
"Every (Wisconsin) legislator that votes for this bill" will have to "give up the same amount of pay" as other state employees.
True
By Robert Farley • February 24, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on 2011-02-21 in a Facebook post:
The five states that outlaw collective bargaining for teachers all rank below 44th in the nation in test scores, while Wisconsin ranks 2nd.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2011
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on 2011-02-21 his Fox Business Network program:
In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 23, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on 2011-02-20 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-02-22 a speech in Cleveland, Ohio:
The president’s proposed budget "will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on 2011-02-20 ABC's "This Week":
If Wisconsin's governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, "it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector" counterparts.
True
By Robert Farley • February 21, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on 2011-02-20 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 2011-02-15 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 2011-02-14 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 2011-02-11 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 2011-02-14 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 2011-02-13 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
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