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Robert Gibbs
stated on February 2, 2009 in 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
stated on February 1, 2009 in 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
stated on February 1, 2009 in 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
stated on January 26, 2009 in 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
stated on January 9, 2009 in 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
stated on January 28, 2009 in 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
stated on January 28, 2009 in 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
stated on January 28, 2009 in 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
stated on January 23, 2009 in 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
stated on January 23, 2009 in 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
stated on January 24, 2009 in 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
stated on January 22, 2009 in 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
stated on January 21, 2009 in 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
stated on January 18, 2009 in 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

Harry Reid
stated on January 13, 2009 in public statements.:

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on whether Senate Democrats would seat Roland Burris.

Full Flop

By Robert Farley • January 20, 2009

Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 2, 2008 in a speech.:

"The Capitol was built by slaves."

True

By Alexander Lane • January 20, 2009

Harry Reid
stated on December 30, 2008 in public statements.:

On whether to seat Roland Burris as the new senator from Illinois.

Full Flop

By Robert Farley • January 18, 2009

James Inhofe
stated on December 15, 2008 in in a news release:

Energy nominee Steven Chu has called coal "his worst nightmare."

Mostly True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 18, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2009 in statement to reporters:

Geithner's failure to pay self-employment taxes while working for the IMF "is a mistake that is commonly made for people who are working internationally or for international institutions."

Mostly True

By Robert Farley • January 16, 2009

Competitive Enterprise Institute
stated on January 14, 2009 in a news release:

"Geithner still didn't correct the same type of error for some years, even after the Internal Revenue Service flagged him for the failure to pay the taxes in other years."

True

By Robert Farley • January 16, 2009

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