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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-03-04 campaign speeches:
On reconciliation
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • March 5, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on 2010-03-03 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live:
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2010-03-03 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live:
"President Obama's bill won't bring down the costs (of health care) for average Americans -- or really for very few Americans, if any."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2010-03-02 the book 'No Apology':
"The lifespan of the average American is less than that of people in nations that spend far less (on health care). ... To put it bluntly, we spend more and die sooner."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on 2010-02-28 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
The Democrats' health care bills would end "the denial of ... coverage to those who have a pre-existing condition," while the Republican bill would not.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2010-03-02 a 'Today Show' interview:
"He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens."
False
By Robert Farley • March 2, 2010
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on 2010-02-25 a hearing before Congress:
In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on 2010-02-28 a roundtable segment on NBC's Meet the Press:
"The Republicans have repeatedly said that they agree with 80 percent of what's in our bill."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on 2010-02-25 the televised health care summit:
The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 1, 2010
Charles Rangel
Charles Rangel
stated on 2010-02-26 a press conference:
"I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • February 26, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-02-25 the televised health care summit:
"The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 26, 2010
Charles Boustany
Charles Boustany
stated on 2010-02-25 a comment at the president's health care reform summit:
The CBO found that the House Republican health care plan would lower premiums by "up to about 10 percent" and, for purchasers in the individual market, "those cost savings could even be higher."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on 2010-02-25 the televised health care summit:
"Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."
True
By Robert Farley • February 25, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on 2010-02-18 a radio ad:
"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system." 
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • February 25, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on 2010-02-20 an interview on Fox News:
"One of the most recent polls said 75 percent of the American people have said either don't do anything or start over (on health care reform)."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2010-02-17 a Facebook post:
"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"
False
By Catharine Richert • February 23, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on 2010-02-19 a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston:
"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on 2010-02-17 a press release:
The stimulus includes "$219,000 to study the sex lives of female college freshmen."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on 2010-02-17 a press release:
"$100,000 in stimulus funds (were) used for a Martini Bar and Brazilian Steakhouse."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2010-02-19 a press release:
The stimulus includes "$7 million to build a bridge in Thedford, Nebraska, to help 168 residents avoid a 30-second wait at a local train crossing. Not one full-time job will be created."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
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