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Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on January 31, 2009 a speech to House Republicans
"You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government — federal, state, local, or otherwise — has never created one job."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 10, 2009
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on February 5, 2009 remarks made in the Senate
The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that only 15 percent of this stimulus package will be spent in 2009" and only 37 percent in 2010.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 3, 2009 interview with CBS News
On attacks by Republicans that various programs in the economic stimulus plan are not stimulative, "If you add all that stuff up, it accounts for less than 1 percent of the overall package."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 9, 2009
Fidelis
Fidelis
stated on February 3, 2009 a news release
"Obama taps porn lawyer for #2 at Justice."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 6, 2009
Fred Smith
Fred Smith
stated on February 5, 2009 appearance on ABC's This Week
"The average bonus [on Wall Street] is about $100,000...The bonuses on Wall Street are down 44 percent."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • February 6, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 3, 2009 a speech
The stimulus bill contains "$20 million for the removal of small to medium-sized fish passage barriers" and "$25 million to rehabilitate off-roading trails for ATVs."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on February 2, 2009 a comment at the daily White House press briefing.
"There are no earmarks" in the stimulus bill.
False
By Bill Adair • February 4, 2009
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on February 1, 2009 in a Fox News interview.
The Senate version of the economic stimulus package includes "millions of dollars to World War II Filipino veterans in the Philippines."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2009 appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation"
To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion."
True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 26, 2009 a news release
"The (economic stimulus) legislation could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 2, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2009 a news conference
"There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump-start the economy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 30, 2009
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 28, 2009 a news release
"The House Democrats' so-called 'stimulus' has been stuffed with an astonishing $335 million to fund prevention programs of sexually transmitted diseases."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • January 29, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2009 in a meeting with business leaders
"In Chicago, school is never canceled" because of winter weather.
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • January 28, 2009
John Mica
John Mica
stated on January 28, 2009 a comment quoted in the Washington Post.
Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • January 28, 2009
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 23, 2009 an interview on the Fox News Channel.
"For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."
False
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2009
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 23, 2009 an interview on the Fox News Channel.
The stimulus bill includes "$300,000 for a sculpture garden in Miami."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2009 in a weekly YouTube and radio address
"Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2009
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on January 22, 2009 a statement at a committee meeting.
Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions."
True
By Robert Farley • January 26, 2009
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 21, 2009 an interview on the Fox News Channel.
Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow."
False
By Robert Farley • January 23, 2009
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 18, 2009 a news interview
"We've added, in the last eight years, $4 trillion of debt to the nation's obligations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2009
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