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Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on March 24, 2010 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 March 21, 2010 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 March 21, 2010 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 March 22, 2010 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 March 7, 2010 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 March 16, 2010 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2010 a health care speech
"Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 19, 2010
John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth
stated on March 16, 2010 a speech on the House floor
A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, "almost 40 percent" opposed it not because it goes too far, but because "they don’t think it goes far enough. ... They will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 18, 2010 a press release
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 18, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on March 14, 2010 a radio interview
"The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 18, 2010
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on March 15, 2010 a speech on the House floor
"There is no precedent for what the Democrats are doing with this deception. ... We have never written a reconciliation bill to amend a law that does not exist."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 17, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on March 14, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
"Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, any lobbyist could go into any legislator and say, if you don't vote our way on this bill, we're going to run a million-dollar campaign against you in your district."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2010
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 9, 2010 his talk show
People "can't go fishing anymore because of Obama."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • March 17, 2010
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on March 16, 2010 a TV ad
"A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 16, 2010
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on March 9, 2010 a speech on the House floor
"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 his book "No Apology."
Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on March 10, 2010 a message on Twitter
"House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."
True
By Robert Farley • March 12, 2010
America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on March 11, 2010 an advertisement
"Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2010
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 8, 2010 a New York Times article
"We are the only industrialized nation that relies heavily on a for-profit medical insurance industry to provide basic health care."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 10, 2010 a Facebook status update message
"Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973 ... A LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN WELFARE RECIPIENTS!!!"
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • March 11, 2010
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