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Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on 2010-04-01 an op ed article:
"The most private question on this year’s form asks for an individual’s race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-President George Washington."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on 2010-03-29 a press release:
"This census is also the shortest and least intrusive count in modern history."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
stated on 2010-04-04 an interview on "This Week.":
On financial reform, there is "a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (The) industry has four lobbyists per member of the House and Senate working on this."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 7, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2010-04-03 a comment on Newsweek magazine's Web site :
"I never considered myself a maverick."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2010
Gil Kerlikowske
Gil Kerlikowske
stated on 2010-03-31 an interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal:
"More people are driving under the influence of drugs than are driving under the influence of alcohol. A recent roadside survey showed that 16 percent of the people tested, tested positive for illicit or licit drugs. That's significantly higher than alcohol."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-03-27 a prepared statement:
On recess appointments.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-03-30 an interview on NBC's Today show:
"A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-03-31 an announcement at Andrews Air Force Base :
On oil drilling
No Flip
By Catharine Richert • March 31, 2010
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on 2010-03-24 an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren:
"The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge."
False
By Catharine Richert • March 30, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2010-03-28 on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."
False
By Robert Farley • March 29, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on 2010-03-21 a floor speech in the House:
"According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2010
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on 2010-03-23 comments to reporters:
"The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • March 26, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2010-03-24 an op-ed in the Des Moines Register:
"Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2010
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on 2010-03-24 a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC:
The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
False
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on 2010-03-24 a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.:
"Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
False
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2010
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on 2010-03-21 an interview on CNN's State of the Union:
The health care bill will subsidize families of four that make more than $80,000 a year.
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2010
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
stated on 2010-03-21 a news conference:
"There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation."
True
By Robert Farley • March 23, 2010
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
stated on 2010-03-22 comments on CBS's Face the Nation:
The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2010-03-07 a Fox News Sunday interview:
"Hospitals, doctors, MRIs, surgeries and so forth are more extensively used and far more expensive in this country than they are in many other countries.''
Mostly True
By Alex Holt • March 22, 2010
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
stated on 2010-03-16 a speech on the House floor.:
The Democratic health care bill will "collect higher taxes for 10 years and provide health care for only six years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2010
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