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Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 27, 2010 a press conference
"Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it."
Mostly True
By Alex Holt • August 4, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 1, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
House Democrats "have a two-to-one advantage money-wise" against House Republicans.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 1, 2010 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 1, 2010 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
The Bush administration "pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade Iraq instead."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on August 1, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week"
During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 a chain e-mail.
When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 a chain e-mail
A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 a chain e-mail
Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign ad
"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • July 29, 2010
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 26, 2010 a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.
"I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 22, 2010 remarks at a bill signing
The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on July 25, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week"
Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 29, 2010
David Gregory
David Gregory
stated on July 25, 2010 an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press
"25 percent of our economy is the financial sector."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2010
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 25, 2010 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate.
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2010
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on July 25, 2010 on ABC News' "This Week."
People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 27, 2010
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on July 20, 2010 an MSNBC interview
"For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
Timothy Geithner
Timothy Geithner
stated on July 25, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on July 25, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week"
Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 an issue advocacy ad
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
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