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Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on January 13, 2009 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
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 2, 2008 a speech.
"The Capitol was built by slaves."
True
By Alexander Lane • January 20, 2009
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on December 30, 2008 public statements.
On whether to seat Roland Burris as the new senator from Illinois.
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • January 18, 2009
James Inhofe
James Inhofe
stated on December 15, 2008 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
Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2009 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
Competitive Enterprise Institute
stated on January 14, 2009 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
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 8, 2009 during a news conference
Bush's tax cuts for high earners "have been the biggest contributor to the budget deficit."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on January 7, 2009 an interview on MSNBC's Hardball.
"The biggest job of the surgeon general is to translate health care and health care needs into plain English."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • January 14, 2009
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on December 21, 2008 TV interview
"Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 14, 2009
People for the American Way
People for the American Way
stated on December 17, 2008 Press release
The Rev. Rick Warren "has called Christians who advance a social gospel Marxists."  
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 14, 2009
Spencer Bachus
Spencer Bachus
stated on November 19, 2008
"Even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at General Motors is still $75 an hour."
False
By Robert Farley • January 14, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 4, 2009 in a news interview
If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 5, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
"Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue."
True
By Shawn Zeller • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 14, 2008 campaign Web site
The accuracy of the Obama tax calculator
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2008 a statement by Sen. Claire McCaskill in a TV ad.
Obama "changed the rules in Washington. Gone are the free gifts from lobbyists. Gone are the fancy airplane rides for nothing."
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
"And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative."  
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • December 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 23, 2008 remarks by chief strategist Steve Schmidt
"The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000."
False
By Alexander Lane • December 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 24, 2008 a speech in Springfield, Mo.
Obama would "experiment with socialism."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2008 a speech in Roanoke, Va.
"Senator McCain would pay for part of his (health care) plan by making drastic cuts in Medicare — $882-billion worth."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • December 3, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 19, 2008 a chain e-mail
Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2008
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