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George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 17, 2011 a press release.
"The American people have endured 21 consecutive months of 9% or higher unemployment [and] 2.6 million jobs have been lost," since the stimulus bill was signed.
True
By Jacob Geiger • February 28, 2011
Bill Posey
Bill Posey
stated on February 14, 2011 a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.
"The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • February 23, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech at the CPAC conference
"The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is."
Pants on Fire!
February 14, 2011
David Rivera
David Rivera
stated on January 25, 2011 a statement
"In the past, President Obama has refused to meet with representatives from Cuban exile organizations."
False
By Trenton Daniel • February 2, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address
President Barack Obama supports immigration amnesty.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 the GOP response to the State of the Union address
"Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies, an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union
"The White House promised us that all the spending would keep unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
January 26, 2011
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on January 5, 2011 a radio interview
"Despite the administration telling us (health care reform) was going to reduce health care costs, they now acknowledge it's going to dramatically increase health care costs."
False
January 23, 2011
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on December 27, 2010 a television interview
Says 15,000 IRS employees "have to be added to administer ‘ObamaCare’ and look at the tax implications."
Mostly False
January 14, 2011
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on January 12, 2011 a blog post
The White House "branded" the memorial service for the Tucson shootings with a "Together We Thrive" logo and slogan.
False
January 13, 2011
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 12, 2010 a KLRU interview
"Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
Mostly True
December 5, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on November 28, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero."
Mostly True
November 30, 2010
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on August 19, 2010 a speech.
"Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2010
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on November 16, 2010 a Twitter post
Says President Obama has grown the federal government payroll by 141,000 workers and wants to add 125,000 more.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 24, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 e-mail and blog postings
The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 31, 2010 a message via the Internet
"Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 12, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 3, 2010 a CNN interview
"The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."
False
November 4, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on October 24, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaign, they refused to do it."
False
October 26, 2010
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 25, 2010 a CNN interview
The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles.
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on September 12, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''
"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2010
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