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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 12, 2009 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 November 12, 2009 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 November 13, 2009 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 November 9, 2009 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 November 12, 2009 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 November 9, 2009 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
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 10, 2009 his radio show
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez
stated on November 10, 2009 an interview on "Morning Joe"
The House of Representatives does not have a prochoice majority.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 12, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 9, 2009 his Fox News program
"Barack Obama won't even use the term 'war on terrorism.'"
True
By Robert Farley • November 12, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 2, 2009 a comment on his television show
Guantanamo Bay detainees will get the H1N1 vaccine.
True
By Catharine Richert • November 11, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 25, 2009 speaking to a group of Michigan Republicans
"I signed the largest single tax cut in the history of Florida, a $25 billion tax cut over five years, directed at property tax cuts."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2009
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on November 9, 2009 an alert to members
"President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 2, 2009 a Webcast
"Mitt Romney ... gave you government health care that is now bankrupting the state" of Massachusetts.
False
By Catharine Richert • November 10, 2009
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
stated on November 7, 2009 a speech on the House floor
An amendment to the House health reform bill "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when they would pay premiums with their own money."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2009
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on November 7, 2009 a statement on the House floor
Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • November 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2009 remarks from the White House
"History tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth."
True
By Robert Farley • November 9, 2009
Wall Street Journal editorial page
Wall Street Journal editorial page
stated on November 2, 2009 an editorial
The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 6, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 5, 2009 a press release
"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 6, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on November 5, 2009 a TV ad
The Republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."
False
By Robert Farley • November 5, 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2009 a press release
The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition." 
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 5, 2009
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