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Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on 2010-12-13 an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal":
"Since January 2008 the private sector has lost nearly 8 million jobs while local, state and federal governments added 590,000."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-12-13 a television interview:
"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2010
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on 2010-12-01 a meeting of the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission:
"One in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on 2010-12-13 a Twitter message:
Under the compromise tax agreement, "99.7% of American families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax."
True
By Robert Farley • December 14, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on 2010-12-07 a radio interview:
The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • December 13, 2010
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on 2010-12-12 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on 2010-11-30 a Senate floor speech:
"Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on 2010-11-30 a Senate floor speech:
In 2007, "the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," which is "more than the entire bottom 50 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on 2010-11-18 a Senate floor speech:
There are "10 or 20 deaths a year from foodborne illness" in the United States.
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-12-07 a press conference:
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when Medicare began, "it was a small program."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-12-07 a press conference:
"There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on 2010-12-04 the Senate floor:
"The senior senator from Arizona (John McCain) said he couldn't support repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the economy."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 6, 2010
Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
stated on 2010-12-05 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
The Pentagon's survey about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy found that 92 percent of service members "agree that they could serve ... in a unit in combat" without compromising "mission readiness."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2010
RightMarch.com
RightMarch.com
stated on 2010-12-01 a chain e-mail:
The DREAM Act the "would give amnesty to over two million illegal aliens."
False
By Robert Farley • December 6, 2010
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Manufacturers
stated on 2010-12-02 a statement:
Says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on 2010-11-08 an interview on NPR:
"I have won more elections than any chairman since 1938."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 3, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2010-12-01 comments to reporters:
"The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes...."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2010-12-01 a Twitter message:
"Pls refer to Jan.1 tax changes appropriately: they're OBAMA TAX HIKES & they'll slam every American's savings, investments & job opportunity"
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on 2010-11-29 postings to the Internet:
New food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 1, 2010
Mike Mullen
Mike Mullen
stated on 2010-11-21 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Historically," Senate ratification of arms control treaties "has been bipartisan."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2010
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