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Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 24, 2009 in the Republican response to Obama's speech to Congress:
The stimulus bill includes "$8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 23, 2009 in a White House forum on fiscal responsibility.:
A new presidential helicopter "is now going to cost as much as Air Force One."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • February 27, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2009 in a bill signing ceremony in Denver.:
"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009
Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:
Says former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin said the stimulus bill "won't actually stimulate the economy."
False
By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 25, 2009 in an interview on CNN's American Morning.:
The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."
True
By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 22, 2009 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2009
Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:
"The Congressional Budget Office has found that (the stimulus) bill will lead to a real 0.1 to 0.3 percent reduction in gross domestic product by 2019."
False
By Bill Adair • February 23, 2009
Rosa DeLauro
Rosa DeLauro
stated on February 4, 2009 in a news conference:
"When the salmonella source was finally identified, FDA officials had to wait for industry approval before they could go live with the [peanut] recall."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 19, 2009
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on January 28, 2009 in a Senate committee hearing:
If we got solar energy from "an area of the Southwestern desert 100 miles on a side, that would be enough, in and of itself, to provide 100 percent of all the electricity needs for the United States of America in a full year."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 18, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 12, 2009 in a statement on Fox News Channel.:
The stimulus has "$30 million in there to protect mice in San Francisco."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 13, 2009
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on February 5, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor.:
There is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that "students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired with this federal money, and have a prayer group or a Bible study."
False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 30, 2009 in in many blogs and an email sent to many people.:
"The Obama Administration wants to have soldiers and officers pledge a loyalty oath directly to the office of the President, and no longer to the Constitution."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • February 11, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 12, 2009 in Internet attack:
"Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • February 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 9, 2009 in a news conference:
"Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented."
True
By Robert Farley • February 10, 2009
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on January 31, 2009 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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