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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address
The federal government "now tells us which light bulbs to buy."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union speech
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a rebuttal to the State of the Union address
The federal government "may put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union
"The White House promised us that all the spending would keep unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 26, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
True
By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address
The United States has "one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address
"We are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began almost a decade ago."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address
"Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
Poll results from the past 35 years show that State of the Union speeches "do not move" presidential approval numbers.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2011
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on January 19, 2011 a speech on the House floor
The health care law includes tort reform.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 21, 2011
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 15, 2010 a press release
The financial regulatory bill "will kill jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 19, 2011 a bill introduced on the House floor.
The health care law is "job killing."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • January 20, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 comments on the House floor
Between 2000 and 2006,  "health insurance company profits quadrupled."  
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 comments on the House floor
"Between the year 2000 and 2006, (insurance) premiums in this country doubled."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Newsmax
Newsmax
stated on January 14, 2011 an e-mail solicitation
"The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers $146 million annually."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2011
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on January 12, 2011 a blog post
The White House "branded" the memorial service for the Tucson shootings with a "Together We Thrive" logo and slogan.
False
By Robert Farley • January 13, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on January 11, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on January 12, 2011 a video statement on Facebook
Says she condemned violence at a campaign stop in Arizona in March.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 7, 2011 a chain e-mail
Members of Congress and their families and staff are exempt from repaying student loans.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2011
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