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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 30, 2013 a media availability with reporters
The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 22, 2013 a blog post
President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 25, 2013 a newspaper ad
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 26, 2013
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on July 18, 2013 a Twitter post
"The Senate immigration bill is … filled with things like rewards for au pair agencies, Alaskan seafood processors and Vegas casinos."
True
By Janel Davis • July 26, 2013
American Postal Workers Union
American Postal Workers Union
stated on July 8, 2013 television advertisement
"The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t run on your tax dollars. It’s funded solely by stamps and postage."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 24, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 16, 2013 a tweet
"The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 16, 2013 an MSNBC interview
Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."  
True
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 11, 2013 a news conference
"This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences."  
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • July 17, 2013
Todd Young
Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 a letter to a constituent
"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 2, 2013 a speech
"In the past four years, (the U.S. Senate) has only passed nine out of 48 appropriation bills."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 21, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 7, 2013 a letter to Gov. Rick Scott
If Gov. Rick Scott activates "the National Guard in anticipation of a federal disaster, the state’s costs, including the costs to recall any furloughed guardsmen, will be fully reimbursable by FEMA."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • June 18, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 12, 2013 a conference call with reporters
"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.
True
By Stephen Koff • June 18, 2013
Kitty Rhoades
Kitty Rhoades
stated on June 6, 2013 a speech
Wisconsin is "not walking away from a dime" in federal funds by rejecting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion.
Mostly False
June 15, 2013
Jim Bridenstine
Jim Bridenstine
stated on June 11, 2013 a House floor speech
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 a news release
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Charlie Smith
Charlie Smith
stated on May 6, 2013 a newspaper article
The federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • May 31, 2013
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on May 14, 2013 a radio interview.
Says 70,000 children "have lost their Head Start slots" because of the sequester.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • May 28, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 12, 2013 an interview on WPRI's Newsmakers program
Historically, the Social Security tax has been assessed on about 90% of U.S. income. Now it captures 83% because there's been such a growth of income among the highest earners.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 19, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on May 9, 2013 an op-ed
"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2013
Kathy Castor
Kathy Castor
stated on May 6, 2013 a TV interview
"70,000 three-year-olds and four-year-olds across America will lose access to the preschool Head Start program. ... 2,000 in the state of Florida alone."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • May 13, 2013
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