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Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview.
Obama's proposed budget "doubles the debt in five years, triples it in 10 years."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2009
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on March 24, 2009 a news conference.
Under Obama's budget plan, families making over $250,000 are "going to lose their mortgage deduction, their charitable deductions."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 24, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on March 23, 2009 a blog post.
Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen "called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'"
False
By Alexander Lane • March 24, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 22, 2009 a television interview
"Warren (Buffett) still does support me."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 23, 2009
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on March 19, 2009 a CNN interview.
On whether he wrote a provision that allowed AIG to dole out bonuses.
Full Flop
By Alexander Lane • March 23, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 17, 2009 a TV interview
"Tens of billions of dollars (from taxpayer-funded bailouts) ... flowed straight through AIG into the coffers of foreign corporations and foreign banks."
True
By Robert Farley • March 20, 2009
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on March 18, 2009 a fundraising e-mail.
"Senator Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, placed an amendment in the ‘stimulus’ bill that allowed for banks bailed out with taxpayer money — including AIG — to hand out huge bonuses."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • March 20, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2009 remaks made at an electric car testing center
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2009
Elijah Cummings
Elijah Cummings
stated on March 16, 2009 in a TV interview
AIG "said they were giving $57 million (in retention payments) to people who were being terminated."
True
By Robert Farley • March 18, 2009
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on March 17, 2009 an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show
"We had bipartisan legislation that got through the Senate" that would have prevented bonuses like AIG's "and then somehow mysteriously disappeared."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • March 18, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 18, 2009 a chain e-mail
"AIG insures the pension trust of the United States Congress!"
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 18, 2009
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on March 16, 2009 a radio interview
In Japan, executives of failing companies "say 'I'm sorry' and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2009
Christina Romer
Christina Romer
stated on March 15, 2009 an interview on Meet the Press.
"Last week the Blue Chip Economic Indicators came out that surveys lots of private forecasters. Almost all of them are predicting a turnaround in the third quarter and positive growth in the fourth quarter."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 17, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 12, 2009 a news conference
"I don't do earmarks. I've never done one. I'm not going to do one."
True
By Robert Farley • March 16, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 10, 2009 a speech on education
"In eighth grade math, we’ve fallen to ninth place."
False
By Alexander Lane • March 13, 2009
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2009 a TV interview
"No Bridge to Nowhere could occur."
False
By Robert Farley • March 12, 2009
Peter Orszag
Peter Orszag
stated on March 8, 2009 a TV interview.
"Look, the earmarks have come down significantly, 75 percent."
False
By Robert Farley • March 11, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on March 5, 2009 a White House briefing
"A middle-class family donates $1 to charity, they get 15 cents off their income tax. Bill Gates donates $1 to charity, he takes 35 cents off his income tax."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 11, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 9, 2009 a cable TV ad
Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 10, 2009
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 5, 2009 a speech in Miami Beach, Fla.
"The average CEO makes $10,000 more every day ... than what the average worker makes every year."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 6, 2009
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