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Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 20, 2009 MSNBC's the 'Ed Show'
"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
A data-storing microchip "would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 25, 2009
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
stated on November 19, 2009 a newsletter
"Although Democrats represent only 10 of Florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 24, 2009
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
stated on November 19, 2009 a newsletter
Recovery.gov listed congressional districts that "do not exist."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 24, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 a chain e-mail
Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 23, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 19, 2009 the House GOP Web site
Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
False
By Catharine Richert • November 21, 2009
Mike Enzi
Mike Enzi
stated on November 19, 2009 a press release
The Senate health care bill "would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage."
True
By Robert Farley • November 20, 2009
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on November 19, 2009 an interview with Politico
If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 20, 2009
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on November 19, 2009 a news release
The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 19, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 20, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 19, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."
True
By Robert Farley • November 20, 2009
Recovery.gov
Recovery.gov
stated on November 17, 2009 data on its Web site
52 jobs have been saved or created in Florida's 34th Congressional District.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 19, 2009
Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
stated on November 12, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2009
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on November 17, 2009 MSNBC's 'Morning Meeting With Dylan Ratigan'
In the House health care bill, "Something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2009
America's Natural Gas Alliance
America's Natural Gas Alliance
stated on November 18, 2009 a television ad
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 18, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue
"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, 'Going Rogue'
The McCain campaign "did not elaborate" on Obama's ties to ACORN.
False
By Robert Farley • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book "Going Rogue"
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book "Going Rogue"
Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to "skyrocket."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue
Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."
False
By Robert Farley • November 16, 2009
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