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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2010-02-19 a press release:
In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."
True
By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on 2010-02-04 a press conference:
The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-02-17 an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building:
"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on 2010-02-17 an op-ed in 'USA Today':
"In the three months before the act took effect, America lost 750,000 jobs a month. In the last three months, we've lost about 35,000 jobs a month."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 17, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on 2010-02-16 an interview on "Face the Nation":
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on 2010-02-14 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2010
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on 2010-02-14 an interview on ABC's This Week:
President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-02-07 an interview on CBS:
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2010-02-11 a press release:
Despite touting the economic stimulus as a great triumph, "The very same report, however, notes that unemployment will average 10 percent for the rest of the year."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 12, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on 2010-02-08 a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program':
Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2010-02-05 a message circulated to many people.:
On the new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"
False
By Lukas Pleva • February 11, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on 2010-02-03 Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":
"A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country."
True
By Robert Farley • February 10, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on 2010-02-03 an interview with Bill O'Reilly:
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on 2010-02-04 a press conference:
The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2010-02-06 a speech to members of the Tea Party:
Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."
False
By Catharine Richert • February 9, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2010-02-06 an address at the Tea Party convention :
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 9, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2010-02-06 an interview with FoxNews.com:
"Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' "
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2010
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on 2010-02-02 a Senate budget hearing:
"The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of the public debt.'"
True
By Catharine Richert • February 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-02-02 a town meeting in New Hampshire:
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on 2010-01-27 an article on his Web site RonPaul.com:
"The money supply has doubled in the last year."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • February 5, 2010
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