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Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on 2010-01-10 the Washington Post:
The Obama administration "raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • January 15, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on 2010-01-15 an op-ed in the Washington Post.:
When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • January 15, 2010
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on 2010-01-04 an interview on 'The O'Reilly Factor':
A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."
Pants on Fire!
By Kevin Robillard • January 13, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on 2010-01-08 a message on Twitter:
"Why is January 8th an important date in American history? This day in 1835 is the only day in our history when we have not been in debt."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 12, 2010
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on 2010-01-08 an interview on 'Good Morning America':
"We had no domestic attacks under Bush."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • January 8, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on 2010-01-03 an interview on 'Meet the Press.':
"Most of the people that work in finance make $70,000, $80,000 a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2010
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on 2009-12-30 a conference call:
"I haven't missed a vote since 1993."
True
By Catharine Richert • January 6, 2010
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on 2010-01-03 a column in the Washington Post:
"Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2010
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on 2009-12-30 a statement to Politico.:
President Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • January 3, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on 2009-12-22 an interview with Fox News:
"In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson ... got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for Medicare Advantage patients in their state."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 24, 2009
Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson
stated on 2009-12-22 a speech on the Senate floor:
A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska."
False
By Robert Farley • December 23, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-12-22 an interview with the Washington Post:
"I didn't campaign on a public option."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 23, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-12-15 remarks at the White House:
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 18, 2009
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on 2009-12-16 a 'Wall Street Journal' column:
President Obama has "the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2009
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on 2009-12-13 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 2009-12-09 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 2009-12-07 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 2009-12-09 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 2009-12-08 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 2009-12-01 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
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