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House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on October 29, 2009 a news release
Health care reform "establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'Health Benefits Advisory Committee') to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on October 29, 2009 a news release
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on October 29, 2009 a news release
Research shows the employer mandate in the House health reform bill would "place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' — with minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 1, 2009 Fox News Sunday
"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 3, 2009
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 30, 2009 an interview on Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Channel.
Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."  
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 3, 2009
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on October 27, 2009 a speech on the House floor
Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on October 27, 2009 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • November 2, 2009
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on November 1, 2009 an interview on ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos'
There is majority support for the Democrats' health care plans.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 1, 2009 an e-mail circulated to many people.
You must list all your guns on your 2010 tax return.
Pants on Fire!
By Ian Jannetta • November 2, 2009
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on October 27, 2009 a speech on the House floor.
"One-third of the health care dollar goes to no such thing as health care; it goes to the insurance companies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 30, 2009
Bono
Bono
stated on October 23, 2009 an interview with the Associated Press
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 30, 2009
Concerned Women for America
Concerned Women for America
stated on October 28, 2009 the group's Web site
The Democrats' health care bill "gives a new Health Choices Commissioner the right to look at an individual's tax return to determine what medical benefits or subsidies that person qualifies for."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2009
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on October 26, 2009 a letter to President Obama
A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 28, 2009 a chain e-mail
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 28, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 26, 2009 a statement on his Web site
"Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn't the answer, but that's exactly what the Democrats' plan would do."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2009
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 23, 2009 a comment on the O'Reilly Factor
When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was "one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2009
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on October 22, 2009 CNN's Situation Room program
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 27, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 22, 2009 "The Rachel Maddow" show
"President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 27, 2009
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 23, 2009 a posting on many blogs.
Barack Obama wrote a thesis at Columbia University in which he criticized "plutocratic thugs" and said the Constitution gave Americans "the shackles of hypocrisy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2009
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2009 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopolous."
A "fairly limited number of people, 25 million to 30 million," will be allowed to access a national health insurance exchange.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2009
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