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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers:
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview:
"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 20, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union speech:
"Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of (Medicare’s) health care costs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 22, 2013 interviews:
On his definition of "takers" and "makers"
Full Flop
By Dave Umhoefer • February 13, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 the Republican response to the State of the Union:
Military spending cuts, known as the sequester, were President Barack Obama’s idea.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • February 13, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 a panel discussion on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”:
Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 10, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on December 21, 2012 in a news release:
Says ending the direct payment farm subsidy program "could save up to $28.4 billion over ten years that could be used to reduce the deficit."
True
By Charles Pope • February 1, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release:
Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 31, 2013
J.D. Van Brink
J.D. Van Brink
stated on December 10, 2012 in a tea party meeting:
The federal government owns 30 percent of the land in the 50 states, or about 650 million acres.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • January 28, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 7, 2013 a Facebook post.:
"The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on December 18, 2012 a twitter post:
Social Security has nothing to do with the federal deficit.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 4, 2013 a tweet:
"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 20, 2013
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on January 2, 2013 a radio interview:
The fiscal cliff deal "increased spending."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 15, 2013
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 6, 2013 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Seven of America’s 10 wealthiest counties are in the Washington, D.C., area.
True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 14, 2013
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on December 31, 2012 an interview on WOR-AM:
Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 13, 2013
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on January 2, 2013 a radio interview:
The fiscal cliff deal "ultimately raised taxes."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 11, 2013
Amy Kremer
Amy Kremer
stated on January 3, 2013 an interview:
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss votes more with Democrats than with conservatives.
False
By Eric Stirgus • January 8, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 30, 2012 in a tweet:
"Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 4, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release:
The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013
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