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Mike Enzi
Mike Enzi
stated on 2009-11-19 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 2009-11-19 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 2009-11-19 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 2009-11-19 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 2009-11-19 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 2009-11-17 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 2009-11-12 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 2009-11-17 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 2009-11-18 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 2009-11-17 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 2009-11-17 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 2009-11-17 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 2009-11-17 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 2009-11-17 her book, Going Rogue:
Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."
False
By Robert Farley • November 16, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2009-11-12 her show on MSNBC:
"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal subsidy of any kind, you're not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2009-11-12 a note on Facebook:
Under the House health care bill, the government "will have to penalize citizens if we choose not to buy a plan that will cost a minimum of about $15,000 per family per year."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 13, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2009-11-13 an e-mail circulated to many people.:
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on 2009-11-09 the 'Rachel Maddow Show':
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on 2009-11-12 his radio program:
"In the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • November 12, 2009
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on 2009-11-09 Sean Hannity's show on Fox News:
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
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