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Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on June 24, 2009 an interview on Fox News
During a town hall meeting on health care, "ABC didn't even allow ads that opposed the president's health care plan to be aired."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 30, 2009
George Will
George Will
stated on June 18, 2009 a Washington Post op-ed
Every year tobacco kills more Americans than did World War II — more than AIDS, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide and suicide combined.
True
By Catharine Richert • June 29, 2009
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 20, 2009 a press release.
Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."
True
By Catharine Richert • June 25, 2009
Mike Murphy
Mike Murphy
stated on June 12, 2009 a column in Time magazine.
In Texas, "the No. 1 name for new male babies — many of whom will vote one day — is Jose."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 30, 2009 a Twitter message
"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."
True
June 12, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 10, 2009 MSNBC interview.
Contends that President Obama "literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, 'necessarily skyrocket.'"
True
By Catharine Richert • June 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 9, 2009 a statement at the White House
"In the first round of repayments"  from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit."
True
June 10, 2009
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on June 1, 2009 a press release.
"President Obama will now own 60 percent of GM, and his union buddies will own almost 20 percent."
True
By Catharine Richert • June 1, 2009
North Korean foreign ministry
North Korean foreign ministry
stated on May 29, 2009 a released statement
"The nuclear test conducted in our nation this time is the Earth's 2,054th nuclear test. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have conducted 99.99 percent of the total nuclear tests."
True
May 29, 2009
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 21, 2009 a speech at the American Enterprise Institute
"You've heard endlessly about waterboarding. It happened to three terrorists."
True
May 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2009 a speech.
"Nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal 'supermax' prisons."
True
By Catharine Richert • May 21, 2009
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on May 20, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor.
"The reality is, we are holding some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world right now in our federal prisons, including the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 'shoe bomber,' the 'Unabomber,' and many others."
True
By Catharine Richert • May 21, 2009
Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford
stated on April 30, 2009 a commentary piece
"Our government has now 'spent, lent, or committed' $12.8 trillion in its attempt to blunt the recession."
True
May 15, 2009
Miss California USA
Miss California USA
stated on May 12, 2009 a news conference.
"The president of the United States ... agrees with me" that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
True
May 12, 2009
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on May 8, 2009 a Web ad
Senators who have accepted millions in campaign contributions from the financial industry voted against allowing bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 12, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 29, 2009 a press conference
Washing your hands and covering your mouth when you cough "makes a huge difference" in reducing transmission of the flu.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 30, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 29, 2009 a news conference
In Iraq, "civilian deaths, incidents of bombings, etc., remain very low relative to what was going on last year."
True
April 30, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 22, 2009 an opinion piece.
"About halfway through fiscal year 2009, Washington has run out of money."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 30, 2009
George Will
George Will
stated on March 24, 2009 a column published by the Washington Post and other news organizations.
"Congress shoveled $700 billion into the Troubled Assets Relief Program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets."
True
By Bill Adair • April 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2009 a speech at the White House.
"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 31, 2009
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