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Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
stated on 2010-06-20 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 2010-06-11 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 2010-06-12 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 2010-06-12 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 2010-06-24 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 2010-06-22 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 2010-06-20 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 2010-06-22 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 2010-06-20 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 2010-06-20 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 2010-06-07 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 2010-06-16 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 2010-06-13 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 2010-06-15 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
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on 2010-05-26 YouTube video of a floor speech:
"Ninety-four percent of the bills that pass the Senate have no debate, no vote, no amendments, no reading of the bill, no online disclosure."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-06-15 an address from the Oval Office:
"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 16, 2010
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on 2010-06-15 a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee:
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2010
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
stated on 2010-06-15 a Congressional hearing:
"While Exxon Mobil has 40 pages on its media response strategy, its plan for resource protection is only five pages long and its plan for oil removal is just nine pages long."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on 2010-06-04 a campaign commercial:
John McCain "voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2010-06-07 a campaign commercial:
After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
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