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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-01-25 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 2011-01-25 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 2011-01-25 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 2011-01-23 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 2011-01-19 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 2010-07-15 a press release:
The financial regulatory bill "will kill jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on 2011-01-19 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 2011-01-18 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 2011-01-18 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 2011-01-14 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 2011-01-12 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 2011-01-11 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 2011-01-12 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 2011-01-07 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
Pierre Thomas
Pierre Thomas
stated on 2011-01-09 a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2011
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on 2011-01-04 a news release:
In preparing a rules package for the 112th Congress, the GOP had no discussions with Democrats.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2011
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on 2011-01-02 a statement published in the "Bakersfield Californian":
"The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2011
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on 2011-01-02 CBS's "Face the Nation":
"We can save $125 billion in simply not giving out money to Medicare recipients that don't exist for procedures that didn't happen."
False
By Robert Farley • January 4, 2011
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on 2011-01-02 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2011
Bumper Sticker
Bumper Sticker
stated on 2010-12-20 Washington, D.C.:
"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • December 21, 2010
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