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Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on December 13, 2009 a Senate floor speech
"Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 9, 2009 a speech
"We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 14, 2009
James Inhofe
James Inhofe
stated on December 7, 2009 CNN's 'The Situation Room'
The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."
False
By Catharine Richert • December 12, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on December 9, 2009 an op-ed in the 'Washington Post'
"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 11, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 8, 2009 his radio show
A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2009
Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
stated on December 1, 2009 a Washington Post column
The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • December 9, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on December 8, 2009 a speech on the House floor
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 8, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on December 7, 2009 a radio interview
"I'm predicting (the Saints) will go not only undefeated, but all the way through the Super Bowl -- something that's never been done before."
False
By Robert Farley • December 8, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on December 3, 2009 his Fox News Channel show
Labor union president Andy Stern is "the most frequent visitor" at the White House.
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2009 comments at the White House
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 7, 2009
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 30, 2009 an interview on 'The Ed Show.'
"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 4, 2009
John Murtha
John Murtha
stated on December 2, 2009 the show 'Hardball With Chris Matthews'
"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • December 4, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 1, 2009 a speech at the United States Military Academy.
"In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 30, 2009 a statement on his show on Fox News Channel
Less than 10 percent of Obama's Cabinet appointees "have any experience in the private sector."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on December 1, 2009 a floor speech
The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 2, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 30, 2009 a press release
Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • December 1, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on November 23, 2009 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann
A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2009
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on November 20, 2009 an interview on Telemundo
On legalizing illegal immigrants.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos'
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 24, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year."  
False
By Catharine Richert • November 27, 2009
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