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Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
stated on June 29, 2010 the Kagan confirmation hearing
During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 30, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on June 25, 2010 a television interview
"The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2010
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 28, 2010 the Kagan confirmation hearing
"In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 29, 2010
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
stated on April 1, 1995 a law review article
On whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee should be forthcoming at confirmation hearings.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2010
Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise
stated on June 15, 2010 an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News
It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh."
Half-True
By Alex Holt • June 29, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on June 28, 2010 a hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan
"The ABA's own criteria for a judicial nominee call for, among other things, at least 12 years' experience in the practice of law, and they mean actual practice of law."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2010
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
stated on June 20, 2010 comments on 'Meet The Press'
Canada "does spills into their water to practice in the event that this would happen. That is not allowed in the United States."
Mostly True
By Alex Holt • June 28, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on June 11, 2010 a TV commercial
"Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 12, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 12, 2010 a political ad
Sharron Angle supported "a Scientology plan to give massages to prisoners."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 24, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on June 24, 2010 a tweet
The national debt "has gone up by $1,729,000,000 during the Isner v. Mahut match."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2010
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on June 22, 2010 a commentary on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
With his decision on whether to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal, President Obama "has to fix yet another problem he inherited from the Bush administration."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 23, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 22, 2010 a Senate floor speech
Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 20, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2010
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
"In the case of General Motors, the (Bush) administration wrote a check without asking for any conditions of change."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 21, 2010
Snooki
Snooki
stated on June 7, 2010 a video promo for "Jersey Shore"
"Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning."
True
By Robert Farley • June 21, 2010
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on June 16, 2010 an interview on the Fox Business network
"We get 30 percent of our oil from the Gulf (of Mexico)."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2010
Rick Barber
Rick Barber
stated on June 13, 2010 a political ad
"Without representation, (the IRS) can increase taxes."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • June 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 a speech from the Oval Office
"Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2010
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